Matches

love is like an unlit match

your parents tell you not to play with it

because they know how much it burns

love is like an unlit match,

it's waiting for a spark or the side of a box

to strike it into life

love is like an unlit match,

it's a forbidden game

that kids aren't supposed to know how to play

and yet we do it anyway

and we act shocked

when we get burned.