Love Patch

I’ve been trying to get you to see,

that I miss your presence,

that I need your essence,

I’m on my knees, just look at me.

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Maybe you got comfortable,

maybe life got loud—

Maybe you just got used to me,

and stopped saying it out loud.
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My insights are burning,

I wish I wasn’t yearning,

I don’t want to need,

your attention so I can breathe.

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But I’m only human, they’ll say.

I am more than that, so I need to pray—

For Him to send me strength,

to stay away from sin.

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I found a patch to replace the love—

very appealing at first.

Then I realised it has a needle,

that hurts every time I put it on.

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It punctures my skin,

it’s getting hard to breathe,

you can’t give me

what I need to breathe.