If There's One Thing
If there's one thing I need,
Just know it isn't you.
Because if you were to leave,
to depart from my life.
I would still be here.
If there's one thing I need,
Just know it isn't acceptance.
I don't need acceptance
to breathe, or to dream.
If there's one thing I need,
Just know it isn't wealth.
The houses and cars,
the latest and greatest,
are far from what I need.
If there's one thing I need,
Just know it isn't people.
People who use me,
and lie.
If there's one thing I need,
Just know that it's hope.
Hope that if you leave,
I'll be able to smile again.
Hope that if I get rejected
I can get back up.
Hope if I lose all that I have,
I can start again.
Hope in humanity.
Hope amends
the disappointed and
the broken.
Hope is all I need.