1974 and Because I Had a Need

1974

I want you to reach out and touch me

Almost as much as I want to reach out

                    and touch you –

Not knowing what you want

                    of need,

I comprise, and settle for

                    indifference?

After ten years

    what do we –

        can we – take for granted?

We have been constantly inconsistent

        with each other.

Our quarrels stem from the need for

        independence.

Yet the essence of Love implies dependency.

I assume we both have hurt each other,

And are capable of additional hurt.

This eliminates the possibility of indifference.

I guess what I want most, is for you to reach out

        and touch me,

    almost…………

Because I Had A Need

Because I had a need to make you mine,

You were good, you were pure and you were fine.

You were my soul, and all my eyes could see;

And you were all that living meant to me.

Perfection, both in form and design –

Because I had a need to make you mine.

And when at last you dwelt within my shrine,

And I submerged my essence into thine –

I tasted of your nectar, versatile,

And dined upon your pleasure to my fill.

You became just another vintage wine,

Because I had a need to make you mine.