I Thought I Am Complete Poem by RIC BASTASA

i thought i am complete
seeing my fingers
all intact in my hands
seeing my toes
in proper places of
my feet and my eyes
between the bridge
of my nose
and my hair lushing
on my head and my
ears too sensitive
for voices and sounds
and then something
runs in my spine
like a worm
at first then
more like a snake
and i suddenly
shudder

and then it was
that time that i
realize that i am

incomplete
and the thought comes
like a sudden flash of
light

i need you
i may not have learned to love you yet