I Don't Want to Be Needed I Need to Be Wanted

For as long as I can remember
I've been needed
Needed to help
Needed to be there
Needed to listen
But I don't want to be needed
I need to be wanted
I've learned over the years
They are not the same thing
When you are needed
You are there because for a purpose
You are three to serve
But when you are wanted
You are there because for nothing
You are there to be you
When you're needed
You're needed for what you can do
When you're wanted
You're wanted for who you are
Some people seem to long to be needed
But really they long to be wanted
They just don't know it
They believe the two to be one in the same
But they really aren't
One is so much more painful
When you are needed
And wanted
Things aren't too bad
You are fulfilled
You both have a purpose
And it matters who you are
When you are just needed
You are hollow
You just serve a purpose
For as long as I can remember
I have been needed
But I don't want to be
I long
I pine
I need
To be wanted
Even if just by one person
For that one person I'd do almost anything
I'd be whatever they wanted
As long as they wanted me
Not needed me
If make them feel wanted
And I'd make them feel needed
I'd try my best to make them fulfilled
To make them whole
Because that's what they'd do for me
They may not realize it
But they will do all that for me
Just by wanting me
For as long as I can remember
I gave been needed
I don't want to be needed
I need to be wanted