I hate to say that I need you
Because they say you never need anyone,
to need is vulnerable, weak, desperate, and wrong.
But want is not strong enough,
I want cookies or longer hair,
I want things but they do not speed up and slow down time when I get them.
So I don’t say that I want or need you,
but after so long, that lie builds up and bubbles over and it comes out like a mantra.
I need you, I want you
I want you, I need you
I want to need you
and I need to want you
The wanting needs to happen
The need is so wanton
Please, oh please
I need you and I want you
Neither is wrong and I feel neither more greatly than the other
but right now I feel nothing else at all
So I will need you, as I want to
Because I want to need you
And I do, and that is the truth