Normally, at this hour of night, I'm fragile and emotional and yearning for reinforcement.

Tonight? No.t at. all.

Tonight, I'm on fire.

Tonight, I realize that I have what you want. Rather, I am what you want.

You may not be aware of it, you may be in denial. It doesn't matter. Because I know it.

I realize that I provide for you so much more than you give to me. I am a rock, a shield, and a dose of reality; all on demand!

I would say you are lucky to have what I provide, but it isn't luck. It's choice. A choice I make, daily. A choice that has little to do with you.

If you don't have need of me tonight, so be it. It's not my loss; it's yours.

Tonight, I know the truth. You need me. You may not want me. You may not be proud of the fact that it is so. You may wish I was hipper, hotter, or more adventurous. But it doesn't change the fact that you need me.

It's not the other way around. It could be. But you have to work at it.

I know the truth, and the truth has set me free,