Needy

i need you to say my name
when i feel nameless
i need you to touch me
when i feel out of touch
i need you to see me
when i am invisible
i need you to hear me
when i am silent,

i need you to care
when i am careless
i need you to taste me
when i am tasteless
i need you to speak to me
when i am speechless
i need you to need me
when i am needless,

i need you to sense me
when i am nonsense
i need you to fill me
when i am emptied
i need you to find me
when i am out of place
i need you to know this
your careful heart is safe,

i need you to live
when i am dead
i need you to be happy
when i am sad
i need you to laugh
when i sob,

i need you to be you
when merely being me
is not nearly enough.


John G.Hall(C)2005