I desire to possess:
All the right words to tell my story
The skills to make you feel it and care
The wisdom to have people learn from it

I need someone to say:
I'm sorry for your troubles, you deserved better
It's okay and you're okay and try this, it will help
Fool, so many who hurt so much more are still hurting

I want someone to understand:
Why I can't commit enough to love or hate my father
There tension between us before he started falling apart
How he's changing as body fails him, but how he is still the same

I desire someone be:
With me, to keep me sane when my mother isn't
There to come home with me when she's committed
Able to split the cost of parking at the hospital psych ward

I hope, for someone . . .