He Will Find the One He Needs

he will find the one he needs

he will find the one he needs
to be with, she thinks,
soon. and by then, it will be much
too late. she will find the one
she has been seeking, he thinks,
any day now, and it will be
the unswerving kind.

for now, they think of each
other sparingly. she doesn’t
tell him that there’s an emptiness
when he’s away. he doesn’t
mention that sometimes
he can imagine
needing her.
.

Yi-Ching Lin

Posted over on her site Yi's Bits on "Healthy Doses"