Want, Not Need
you
are a certainty
i feel in my blood
if only
i could convince you
it's more than mere lust
but then
of course
you would see right through me
you know
well, very well
what i want, what i'm here for.
you
are the truth
i've been trying to cast out
to the ocean, letting
the tidal wave
take you away
from the obsessive
prison of where
i'll reside for eternity
up here
in the ivory tower
of my mind
nice to look at
too high to reach but
you've penetrated
without even trying
or wanting to do so and
just a look
is enough
to get you here
where others have tried but failed.
but a cavity
remains, where
my heart should be
keeping you
always at a distance
always a certain, measured distance
so far
away
from me.
January 7, 2005
