"There is no human love that is not broken somewhere."
- Henri Nouwen
I am full (God empty me)
of the desire to be needed
because what is needed
cannot be replaced so easily,
will not be discarded so easily—
because yes, sometimes
I am full of fears like that
But the truth is
that it is not necessary
(to be needed) here,
and perhaps the fact
of me being here
says I am
necessary—
in a way that has nothing to do with the mean little
being-needed which my heart cultivates so reflexively
or the being-wanted which it wants, for that matter—
or anyway,
as necessary as
I need to be
This is beautiful. I love it.
ReplyDeletereminds me of Brown...
ReplyDeleteBut thou art all replete with very thou,
And hast such shrewd activity,
That, when He comes, He says :—" This is enow
Unto itself—’Twere better let it be:
It is so small and full, there is no room for Me."
Heidi - Thank you so much. :)
ReplyDeleteNoel - You are such a fantastic source of poetry--and the kind that I don't normally read.
I love this. The meter is perfectly complementary to the mattter.
ReplyDeletelove. <3
ReplyDeleteJenica and Odessa - Thanks so much, friends.
ReplyDeleteWow! That is beautiful! And you are needed and wanted and loved :)
ReplyDeleteDawn - Ohw, thank you so much! I hope you know the same of yourself.
ReplyDeleteAhh this was very good for me to read. <3
ReplyDeleteErin - Then I'm glad I wrote it up here for you too.
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