I need you like

a pencil needs a sharpener

I need you like 

a bouy with no sea

I need you like a

bar with no alcohol

I need you like

a bird with no bee

I need you like a war

with no end

and a story with no pen

I need you like the weather

needs a course

and the soul craves force

I need you like the

morning needs reason

the night feels excusing

I need you like

stuff we ignore

until it is more

like barnacles and mold

a bit left unsold

a remnant

a creeping lie 

yet unresolved

I need you forever

and never

if truth be told

I need you

I don’t need you

I need you

Let’s grow old