I stopped needing people that didn't need me -
not wanting, an addict never stops wanting;
but they stop needing.
Semantics;
I never thought my life would simmer down to a play on words.
You learn to curb your needs
and replace them with desires,
you stop needing to eat,
you want to be thin.
You don't need to love,
you want to feel.
You don't want to cry,
you just need to know everything will work itself out.
He never needed you,
you know this right?
He wanted to see how much you could take,
how much it would take to push you over the edge.
Addicts never learn boundaries,
the line between wanting and needing,
b l u r s.
Greed is narcissistic;
it cannot put its desires aside
until it's choked the life out of yours.
He never cared for what you needed,
he knew no better.
I would never have made excuses for him,
but now I am understanding his flaws.
I cannot forget, but I will learn to forgive -
he is living a penance for his crimes.
When you are a child you cannot process these emotions,
they become something no one can understand
and only now when you are trying to explain yourself,
can you understand how you got here.
I don't need anything, but I still want.
I want and I want and I want and I will always be hungry
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