Words We Need

We await

Sometimes our whole lives

The hole growing larger each day

Hungrier for the words we need to hear 

That no one will ever say. 

The simplest string of words 

You may think won't be missed

But we wait longing

To hear them leave your lips. 

Living out my daily life

I sit and think about 

how lovely it would be

If the words I need to hear 

Were ever once said to me. 

And consequently, if anyone

Were to feel them as true

Important enough to say them 

Out loud to you. 

Because we all wait

Our whole lives

Losing more hope each day

That the words we need to hear

Will be words you ever need to say.