maitreyee joshi - I Need You

I need you
To brush
Your hand gently
Through the tangles
In my hair
And straighten them

I need you
When my heart
Is amorphous
Brittle,
And I know
Only you have
The wet touch,
To hold it together.

When my heart
is full of joy
it spills forth
for everybody to see
But I need you
in grief and sworrow
for it is like
a stone sunk,
deep in my heart
and only you,
can fathom its depth.

maitreyee joshi

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