Image by Shead Garry - The Awakening
Now, I cling to you for support And need you so I can combat My own loneliness and want of love But this isn't how I want you And not the way you should have me I don't want to defend my need When every morning I see your face
The just-about in-between I can't accept
Not for me, a life torn between
My reality... and yours
I want to desire you as selfishly as I could
Not by sympathy or sacrifice, but
With awareness as complete as I exist
With a need that's beyond refute
The only way I want to love
And be loved... completely, consciously
If I drown, let me
That’s the only way I can rise
But not till I garner courage
To face every fear of mine
Not till I vanquish every doubt
That separates you from me
Not till I hate my world enough
To step into yours
Perhaps you wouldn't need me then
But I would accept
For I’d at least make acquaintance
With my own need
