Not Necessary

Who is it I cannot live without?
Nobody. Surely I value people,
relish time with them,
can’t imagine not having them…
love them with all my heart.
But need need not linger,
has no place in health.
Only my higher power’s will
and the power to carry out my role.
I clean my side of the street,
do what I can to ease others’
without control, without strings,
having no hope of self-fulfillment
through others’ eyes or acts.
So long as I need no other
I stand at my proper place,
free to relish other people,
individually and collectively
standing on my higher power only.

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