I Need

I know I am able to stand alone
I know I can work hours upon hours
To build our home

When feelings arise that would weaken me
I know I can move through them
Fearlessly

But tonight my love I need your hand
I need your touch
Your heart to understand

I need to be weak and broken through
I need your passion
I need you

I know how to be strong and stern
I know I can battle with anyone
Word for word

Lose or win I can speak honestly
Standing firm against any man
I can believe

But tonight my love I need your hand
I need your touch
Your heart to understand

I need to be weak, helpless and lost
I need your passion
No matter the cost

I need to be weak and broken through
I need your passion
I need you

-Theo

Notes: But for all the personal work and growth toward autonomy, I know that I am a man of relationship. I can be independent, strong and even aggressive in this world. My work, my lifestyle often requires it. Yet, there is a deep and real part of me that is always looking for a safe and feminine assurance when I am spent and tired. Be it in the arms of my wife, or the passion of my anima, my spiritual inner feminine self, I look for peaceful repose. This poem was born out of one of those moments of need.