Now


I need you more than the cancer cure,

I need you more than the need for eternity,
We’ve all to die someday and it’s always best in you.

I need you more than a good idea,
I need you more than the perfect turn of phrase,
I need you more than the need for hope,
I need you more than restful sleep,
I need you more than peace.

I need you more than desire,
More than my animal needs,
More than the flight of the soul,
More than the chains of the flesh,

More than the sudden epiphany
where paint and light and words
and skin combine to introduce
me to myself once again.

I need you more than the
darkness where hidden melodies
run under moss and stones,
babbling in endless brooks
in tongues I’ve yet to know,

I need you more than silence,
I need you more than belief,
I need you more than experience,
I need you now more than
I need you to go away.