I needed you to hear me when I was quiet

I needed you to calm my soul when my heart began to riot.

But most of all I needed you to need me the way I need you.

I needed you to see the worth of all that we have been through.

I know there is always someone prettier than me

Someone a bit smarter and kinder and easier than me.

But I also know she will be less in every way that I am more

You don’t find this kind of love on the shelves of a grocery store.