And I need you more than want you
And I want you for all time…
Lyrics from the song, Wichita Lineman, written by Jimmy Webb and first performed by Glenn Campbell on his album Wichita Lineman, 1968
Our separate lives coincided, and all my self-absorbed anxiety vanished in that one fugitive moment, when a bird in the sky on its way somewhere else sent a glance across the divide and stitched me back into a world where both of us have equal billing.
from Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald, 2020