A Want Is Not A Need

A want is not a need,
but ,oh sister
it can feel like one.

Don’t you want?

 

I want one hour of truce
bought with our courage
to set aside rhetoric
and speak from the heart.

 

I want one hour of honesty
to see beyond caricature
and into a future
where we both are free.

 

I want one hour to walk
in your shoes and you in mine
while we talk of our lives
and who put the wedge between us.

 

I want...

 

But a want is not a need.