Basic Requirements

Basic Requirements



I need you.
Like in the old days
As we stepped down from the trees
And you helped me find water on the Serengeti
As we hid from prowling lions.

And today
When you helped fix my cell phone
And later went to the grocery in my stead

So I could safely plant our garden.

I needed you

Then and now

To teach me

When to be smart 

And when to be wise

When to act and when to wait.

When to sow and when to reap.

And we need each other 

To acknowledge our limitations

To correct our mistakes

And to build upon our brilliant truths

To join collectively
To care deeply

To find strength in our numbers

To celebrate our synergy

To revel in our survival.

I need you

And we desperately need each other.

Because we can be greater 

Than the sum of our scattered numbers.

There is no better way.