A More Logical Love Poem

(inspired by a conversation with my friend laurel)

I can live without you.

 

You are not a

Missing piece

That I can’t function without.

I will not

Cease to be

If you leave my side.

 

If I were to

Give you my heart,

Just rip it

Out of my chest

And present it to you

Blood dripping through my fingers,

I would be dead within moments.

 

That’s not how it is with you. 

 

Scientifically,

I know that you are not as directly

Vital

To my existence

As air

Or warmth

Or food.

You are not more important

To my general well-being

Than the thing

Pumping blood inside my chest.

I do not have to have you

In order to survive.

 

But I still want you in my life.

 

The stars will not stop shining

If you choose to go away

(But they would not seem as beautiful

Without you next to me)

 

I am still a whole being

When I’m on my own

(But I am a better person

When I’m with you) 

 

Equations and physics would carry on

If you were to disappear

(But then what would be

The point?)

 

I know that

Scientifically,

I could live without you.

I could still breathe,

Still move,

Survive.

But the thing is,

I really don’t want to.

 

You may not be the thing

That gives me life,

But you are what makes it

Worth living.