A Poem Needs Nothing

 Not all poems need paper...

 

Dance shoes need feet to find the ballroom

Peonies need ants to be tickled to bloom

The rain needs a cloud and the sun needs the sky

Love needs God first, and then you and I

Hope needs an anchor, a needle needs thread

A bike needs a rider like a hat needs a head

A book needs a reader before it can speak

We need each other like a kiss needs a cheek

A poem needs nothing but courage to drink

Where laughter and tears spill in heart and soul ink

© Janet Martin