Sustenance

I can go without food for a while
and for a shorter while without drink.
But I don't seem to be able to go without you.
That is what I think.

For you're the food that nurtures me
and the drink that slakes my thirst.
For I'd waste away to nothing, love
by not having you always first.

poem by Edwina Reizer
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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