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All I Need


All I Need 
by Melia Candelaria
 
Your lips, your eyes
 
the way you smile at me when we brush fingertips
 
in the store as we stroll through the aisles
 
as though there is some secret that only I can understand.
 
 
 
The way your hair falls over your eyes
 
in the shower when you're sopping wet
 
splashing me playfully, making me swat at you
 
laughing and kissing as we always do.
 
 
 
Your goofy humor that always matches mine
 
brightening my day on the worst of them
 
making me giggle in spite of myself 
 
and inspiring endless, electric kisses that are just like the first time.
 
 
 
To be without these things that make up 
 
our love
 
would be impossible, unimaginable 
 
a slow death of the soul, slowed only by the possibility of seeing you.
 
 
 
No comfort or pleasure of this earth can sustain me
 
piece my heart back together
 
and let me be my true self
 
like you do. 
 
 
 
You are the only partner I want
 
the only touch I desire
 
the only heart that beats with mine.
 
You are all that I need. 
 
 
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