This need is a terrible pleasure
waking up and wanting you
day after day, exhausted
or not, with you or not
had you or not, it
never ends.

So I want you so much it ends
with us wanting more.

We say, “Yes,
all the good things," and
my body tingles.

Wanting so much it hurts, wanting
so much a little pain is sweet,
wanting so much what I
want is what you
want.

And you say, “Yes,
we can have all the good
things, you can have
all the good things,
I can have all the
good things.”

My stomach tightens at 3:30 am, and
I wake up wanting.

This need is a terrible, a
painful pleasure, so
much so I need
more, and more,
more, and more.

You and you and
only YOU!

This pain of needing your touch
becomes its own animal,
tooth and claw.

This need is sweeter than jasmine scent
waking up and wanting you
at 3:00 am, I listen, smiling
at your nearness and
rise, careful not to
wake you.

So I want you so much it ends
with me wanting to watch
you sleep peacefully.

We say, “Yes, all the good things.”
My heart swells with affection
filled; overflows with the
sweetness of love.

Wanting so much more of the sweet
it hurts and is welcome wanting
so much more, what I want
is to give you more.

And I say, “Yes
we can have all the good
things I will give you
all the sweet, all
the dear, all the
love

My chest tightens at 4:30 am, and
breathing gets hard, I wake up
wanting

This need is a sweeter-than-wine-pleasure,
this need is a delicate
blade of love I let pierce me.

You and you and
ONLY YOU!

This pain of needing your touch
becomes its own flower
petal and stem.