you can’t tell me, you’ve gotta show me
but you can’t show me without letting go
you gotta show me while holding yourself
show me you love yourself so much
that it overflows into me
that you have so much to give
not because you’re avoiding yourself
show me that you love yourself so much
that wanting me is extra, that needing me
is coming from longing, not fear of losing
---
are there two kinds of need?
the need coming from love,
the need coming from fear?
how do those needs differ?
needing from love builds intimacy,
needing from fear builds resistance?
sure, you’re not doing this for me
you’re doing this for you
but how do you hold yourself
amongst all of them
all of the others
the ones that aren’t me
and if you’re working on it for you
then let’s see it in the world
let’s see you changing for the world
for yourself and the world
and let the change for me
be a byproduct, an outpouring
because it doesn’t end with me
it only begins with me
are you different if I’m not looking?
do you show up for me, not for them?
---
your eagerness and persistence is both
your weakness and your strength
it is what captures my mind
and alerts my heart to distance
