Mean Girl Diaries

You Need Me

Damn it

I thought I told you not to look at me like that

I thought I told you not to want so badly for me to acknowledge you

You shouldn't want me to see you

You don't NEED my approval

Yet, that simply isn't true, is it?

You need for me to validate you

Just as I need to be sure you are worthy of validation

We dance this dance

Each one of us playing our parts

I, being above you, must watch over you

You, being beneath me, must wait for my acknowledgment

I must SEE you

That is the only way for you to know that you exist

It is the only way to know that you are here

That you matter

To someone

But not just anyone

You want to matter to me

I get that, I do

I respect your need for approval

I understand your desire for validation

Who cares if you are misguided?

Who cares if the only person who should matter is yourself?

You need me

And I NEED for you to need me

This is our game

These are the cards we have been dealt

This is the role that we are both born to play

You are exactly who you want to be

And I, am exactly what you need me to be...for you

Remember this, sweet angel

Remember me as I remember you

Find comfort in the knowledge

That YOU are whoever you want to be

Even if that means you will ALWAYS be.in.my.shadow