I NEED WORDS

What I need is not a given.

What I want is what I need.

To be me I must have it,

 How will I carry thee?

 I can put it on my arms,

or on my hands.

What I need can come in the form of a book,

a Bible

or a dictionary.

What I want goes through one ear

and comes out my mouth.

It rests in my brain when I sleep

and wakes when my lips separate. 

My throat will vibrate

and my hearing will increase

as I listen to what I carried with me. 

What I need is a single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing.

it is a term,

a name,

an expression,

designation,

locution,

appalation. 

It is a remark,

a comment,

and an observation.

It is a promise,

a guarantee,

a pronouncement.

Some news,

information.

It is intelligence.

What I need is words. 

To not be able to speak

On an island all alone

will cause my self to disappear.

I already talk to myself when I'm surrounded

so what's the difference if I'm on an inch of sand.

To go so long without words

Will take you from us

it will take he from she.

If I can't use words how will I write S.O.S.

If I go so long without a sentence 

I will not be the person people call me.

Put me on an island

And only give me words,

I will thrive while others survive.

Ill need nothing else

So leave me my knowledge;

Leave me bare and naked

with no blankets or sheets.

Leave me all alone 

and I'll make my own clothes.

Ill find friends in the dark

who will converse with me.

Even if they wouldn't be real

I'd have practice to adjust back into society.

With my words I can write my story and my thoughts. 

With my words I can be rescued by those who fly in the sky.

With my Abc's 

I can spell one, two, three.

With my Abc's I can build anything.

My Abc's

My one two threes,

My Do Re Mis 

is all I need.