NEED

I need you.

I need you more

than this poem

can ever tell you.

I would not need you

if I did not love you

more than we will

ever understand.

I need your hands

to hold mine

so that the flames

won’t hurt us.

I need your face

to be the sun

when everything else

is shrouded in night.

I love completely

and absolutely

and I am less than I can be

without you.

I need you.

Your flesh.

Your heart.

I cannot exist without them.

I need you

at my side

to feel strong

because without you

I don’t belong.

I need you

to feel alive.

Without you,

I am too weak

To survive.