—I JUST NEED ONE GOOD ONE

 

sustenance

 

you need air and food and slumber you need clothing and shelter and safety you need reasons for joy to feel grateful to forgive or forget you could not exist without the sun or the moon’s steady pull you need artistry painters poets your stuffed black chair a thick book a puppy when you’re blue a child’s peal of laughter a good friend a best friend’s advice and damp blouse you need the ocean some pool of water to keep you dazzled and puzzled you need your history what’s left of your family you need a song to hum dreams that might make sense tomorrow you need a challenge new skin fresh eyes outrageous lips to kiss you need a love poem that makes you blush and bloom we both know that you need to smile more relax more you need all these things as much as a future but darling you don’t need me