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I don't want you. But I need you.

I want you not.

No, my heart can beat without you,

So I don't yearn so desperately for you, I wake not in the middle of the night waiting for you, not able to sleep until I see you,

I wait not at my phone wanting you to call me whispering words of earnest and encouragement,

Never do I walk around the park wondering where you are,

But I need you,

As stupid as it sounds,

You may not consume my every thought,

But your existence is vital to mine.

And I did not want nor ask for this.

But my heart and every heartbeat are in vain for living without you is impossible

For though I can go on not wanting you,

I am so utterly and desperately in need of you more then I have ever wanted to be or even should,

Nobody should need somebody so terribly,

But I regrettably do,

For without you a 'Me' would be well, a worthless piece of **** without meaning,

But with a you, that me has a purpose,

Though it not be finite or ideal,

It is a purpose whatsoever,

Although I should not need you so **** much,

Especially since you seem to be living life just fine without me,

But my thoughts and pounding heart go on in the hope that one day you will actually need me,

As I have been in so long of need of you

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