The barest necessity of life

the bare necessities of life
let’s name the smallest blessings
this is the time to count and to recount
the things I cannot do
without - and see! –
right there -
between the oxygen
and food, and water
your love for me
my love for you
inseparable things
the bare – no!
the raw necessity of life

I’m really adept
on finding life worth-living
when it’s not
not on the scale you are,
and were, and had to be
but still…
and now I say –
your love for me is one thing
that makes each day a treat, a feast, a day
well, you might trust me not
or think me – mad, or bad, or freak, or jerk
just don’t stop feeding me
the blood of love,
for otherwise…

I’ll go on living, silly boy!
what have you thought –
I’ll die?
We’re both too adult
for thoughts like this one
So,
I’ll go on living,
for
whatever it’s worth…
I’ll hibernate
that’s what one does without
the barest necessities of life…
a doll, a shell, a
still-
life