149 Days

 I’m not okay.

I need you.

I need you like my lungs need air

And like my heart needs to pump blood,

Like the rainbow needs color 

And the roots need earth.

I need you.

I need you like the sky needs the stars

And like airplanes need their empennage.

I need you like a clock needs time,

I need you like rain needs water,

I need you like poems need to rhyme,

I need you because you're all mine.

I need you like day needs light,

I need you darkness needs night

I need you like a novel needs words,

I need you for my head to rest on your shoulders.

I need you.

I need you 'cause your absence- it hurts

So to exist,

I need you...

today, tomorrow and forever.

~Kripa Sarkar