"EVERYBODY LOVES ME" in "RESTLESS: POETICALLY-SPEAKING"

I don’t expect you to see
all the good in me
all that I’d like to be
anything lovely.

I need this
I crave for the bliss
This addiction is endless
that my mind never rests.

I want them to see
how I hate to be
all sad and lonely
even when they’re far,
far away from me.

For once,
let me reject my reality
by convincing myself
that I’m mighty
and everybody loves me.

R.
(Jakarta, 2 April 2018 – 7:00 pm)