I Can’t Live Without You

I can’t live without you

Squirrels running across the ground to climb up trees,

Birds and their serenade in those trees,

The comforting shade from the leaves on the tree,

I can’t live without you.

I need

The grass under my bare feet,

surging the energy of the earth through me,

the endless beauty of a variety of plants and flowers

the smell of grass and other greenery.

I can’t live without you.

To stand at the foot of a tree and to look up in admiration and praise.

To stand in worship of its grandness and beauty.

Its kindness

Its love giving soul.

Shade me, cover me, tower over me in magnificence.

Its conversation full of ancient words and times

when magic was real for all.

I can’t live without you.

And Sun, you know I stand in worship of your rays

your life giving warmth

your love giving smile.

I can’t live without you.

Balance is nature.  I can’t live without you.

I can go other places where you don’t exist and visit for a short time, but ultimately, I have to be where you are.  The forest calls me.

I won’t leave you again.  I can’t live without you.

Mwanamkee Kwa Mwuitoo
(Tomaca)