Selfless Needs

Elsa Saks
LOVE OR FEAR
Published in
2 min readOct 29, 2019

all choices i make
the people i meet
tell me the truth
the way i feel

choosing them
brings feelings i fear
choosing me
brings feelings unknown
choosing both
brings feelings i love

what if
in choosing them
i say what i think they wanna hear
i do what i think they wanna see
ain’t i the pleaser of our wants?
i hope they think what fits my thoughts
i hope they feel what fits my feelings

but darling,
this feels, no good
aren’t selfless wants selfish wants?

what if
in choosing me
i say what feels good but they don’t wanna hear
i do what feels good but they don’t wanna see
not pleasing our wants
ain’t i the fulfiller of our needs?
i know we think what brings clearing to both
i know we feel what brings healing to both

oh darling,
this feels good
aren’t selfish needs selfless needs?

but what if
in choosing both
i say what we’re both open to hear
i do what we’re both open to see
not pleasing our wants
only fulfilling our needs
shipping hormones of feel good now
ain’t we the transformers of our wants n’ needs?
i feel we think thoughts unknown
i feel we feel feelings of love

darling,
this feels good,
damn good indeed
selfless to selfish
and back to selfless
aren’t selfless needs what we need?

what if
to choose them
i choose selfish selflessness
to choose me
i choose selfless selfishness
to choose both
i choose selfless selflessness

history says,
perspectives bring dark to light
selfless to selfish
and back to selfless
its okay, its all okay
you’ve done no wrong
its all okay

lets make a choice,
selfless or selfish?
needs or wants?
love or fear?

you can’t go wrong.
its okay, its all okay

just feel the truth,
love is here at any choice.

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