I Want

by Southpawokpoet
(Haskell, Okla)

I just want to live,
to love,
to not fear,
to not cry,
for no reason,
that I want
to remember,
to laugh

for no reason
except
I'm alive,
to feel love
I've never known,
to give love
that I don't know,
if I'm capable of,
I just
want to live.