I need you
Like the moon needs the sky
Like the sky needs the stars
I need you
Like the sun needs the sky
Like the sky needs the sun
I need you
Like humans need hearts
Like hearts need blood
I need you
Like you are my drug
Like my drug is alive
And my drug is in love

It's the middle of the night
and I haven't figured out
if these feelings are lying
or if I'm only honest in the dark.

I feel alone every time
I slow down enough to feel
and I'm craving the feeling
your body beside me brings.

I'm not allowed to have you
and it's breaking every bone
inside my aching soul
at least that's my 1am feeling.

no words are coming out
for i've suppressed it for too long
and now,
they have lost their way
and they have no way out

Lowly longings for desire
Changed and stimulated light
Slowing down, I re-train my brain with wires
Balanced or not I walk
Upon 5 miles of open study
Or 3 hours exercise
My muscles collapse and shaking
hands and feet and sight

“What’s the matter, baby ?”
She asked me on that cold
December day.

I lay on the sofa,
With a smile on my lips
And tears in my eyes.

“Nothing.”
I lied into her ear.

My body betrayed me.

My smile had a warm sadness,
And my tears had a dancing joy.

And like she always did,
She saw through me again.

And I was glad she did.

For what she told me next,
I can never forget,
“Its human,
To feel this way once in a while,
Baby.
I remember the last time I felt this way,
Was when you carried me home,
In your arms.
It was because,
I have seen hills,
Valleys
And rivers,
So many of them,
But none of the roads that lead to them,
Drive me like you do.”

And gosh,
The startling truth in those words,
In your eyes,
In the warmth of your body,
Meant the birth
Of poetry in me.