I need you

I don’t need your love, you have no love to give to me

I don’t need your trust, you have no trust to give to me

I don’t need your comfort, you have no comfort to give to me

I don’t need your protection, you have none to give to me

I don’t need your time, but I steal every minute that I can

You have given another your being and everything that comes with it

I stand in the shadows. Silent. As close as I can without her sensing me

Awaiting in the void where the echo won’t find me

Just waiting to take whatever you are willing to give in another dance of

desire, of a want so much greater than an earthquake yet not measured by

the Richter scale, of a feeling of need that almost kan bring you down to

your knees… even before the lightning strikes…