What We Need

We are so blind

not lucky enough to see

that we often think

that something we wish for

so deeply, so badly

yearning for it,

so much that it hurts

is exactly what we need.

That soft caress

that pulls you in.

Addicting,

like the sweetest of drugs

that keeps pulling you in

so deep

you’re confoundedly blinded

unable to keep a grip,

falling deeper and deeper

until you’re in over your head.

This feeling,

that your drowning

but yet,

you don’t want saved

from this glorious hell

where everything you want

is able to be grasped.

Sweet,

sinuous and sinful

caresses claim the body

making all in the world

seem so right.

But then,

fires die down

smoldering underneath

ready to rise if need

as the calm sweeps in.

Tranquil,

the essence of serenity

creeping in

taking hold

but just as dangerous

as those that lie within

ready to take hold

when the moment strikes.

That sensation

that pulls at you

can’t be ignored

for when we think

that we don’t deserve

what we have received

is often in truth

just exactly

what we need,

what we do deserve.