I NEED YOU

I need you not the way a child needs a toy, Not the way a dog needs a bone to chew, I need you like a heart that beats with joy, But I need you more than they ever knew. I need you like the ocean needs its salt, Like a flower needs the rain to grow, Without you I have nothing left to halt, And I am drowning in a world so slow. I need you like a heart that needs its blood, Like lungs that crave a single breath, Without you I am nothing but a flood, Of tears that flow and welcome death. I need you not for comfort or for ease, Not for love that comes and goes with time, I need you like a sailor needs the seas, To feel alive and know that I am mine. I need you to survive this life I live, To wake each day and find a reason true, Without you I have nothing left to give, And all I am is lost without you.