Giving our needs
I won’t give the part of myself that needs away again
its a pandora’s gift at best
it insidiously crawls into the heart of another
and tries to change them and trades much away
If I express my needs and you meet them because you love me
then its ALL because you want to
but, if I press my need to you as an emotional pressure
and you meet my need,
how am I to be sure you gave freely to me?
I will share my feelings and needs
but they must remain here in ME
I want to love you as you are
not to become a part of you.
free presents come from free people
I won’t have any other kind for I won’t extort
and if you tell me you wouldn’t let yourself be extorted
so I should go ahead and give you my needs
I wonder why you wouldn’t rather have me
standing on my own two feet.
gallagher – to Kathi K.
Long Beach
07-17-78
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
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