Mental emergency
Someone look after me now,
Someone who can get to like me.
I know there's an Emergency Room
Somewhere, ready with pills, pricks,
Tubes. No, not going there, not yet,
Perhaps eventually, but not now
When i need a hand, a smile, time
Shared with me, with no looking
At the clock, for the hour to pass
And fee's collection, until next time.
I need a Friend, a Friend i can like,
It doesn't have to be professional.
I need Love. I need Love. I need Love.
I need it Now. If it's there, if it 'IS',
It can jump me thick from thin air,
Someone sweet, seeing me, melt
In my palms, joined, outstretched,
I rub you on me, prescription-free ointment,
Give me you-it free. It’s an emergency.
Sanjib Basu 