I need you to appreciate me

I need you to appreciate me

I need you to tell me that you’d swipe right

if you saw me on a dating app.

That you’d sit across the table and

look into my eyes and just know we’re meant to be.

I need you to tell me that if I disappeared,

you’d not just notice but you’d be lost.

Clawing at the darkness, as you

reached for my body and mind.

I need you to tell me that you need me.

That you see all that I am and do and say.

And I need you to notice that

and I need you to appreciate me.