Everyone feels the need to be needed
Some less than others
But that's not love anyway
What we really need is to be wanted
Not for the way we are
But for who we are


We hide our hearts
We are afraid nobody will want us
We put up fronts
Wear facades to mask who we really are
We're so good at it we don't even know who we really are


We want this emotional sense of happiness
But it only stays till the new wears off
Then we look for some other new thing to make us happy
Happiness really only comes with lasting joy
Lasting joy only comes with a heart that's right with God


It may not always feel good
It may often get bruised
But when your heart is right there is a joy
A joy in knowing He always wants you
Joy is a sense of completeness


Sometimes we lose sight of our joy 
We want those we love to want us, complete us
But sometimes our wanting is returned empty
Perhaps it's because we hide our own hearts
Perhaps it's because they are hiding theirs


We feel broken
Incomplete
Unhappy
Unwanted


Where is the joy


Perhaps it comes in one link made at a time
Between who we are
And whomever it is we are trying to connect with








 N Rocky Chambers 
"Write injuries in dust benefits in marble"