Separate From My Needs Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

The more I have known,
What it is to keep wished...
And what it is to appreciate,
That which I get to receive.
It has always been my desire,
To keep my wants identified.
With them separate from my needs.

I want to give 'and' receive.
With it known I am not being selfish.
To be left feeling my doing of this,
Leaves me and another pleased.

I want my happiness with others shared.
To make it aware,
I am not seeking to complete...
A journey to be satisfied never to end.

I need to know my time is not wasted.
From someone who wants it just to take.
And I know I am not the one wanting,
Disappointment to accept.
I have been there before to know it not a need.
Or a request of it to want.