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.