We Must Love Someone

We must love someone

If we are to justify

Our presence on this earth.

We must keep loving all our days,

Someone, anyone, anywhere

Outside our selves;

For even the sarus crane

Will grieve over its lost companion,

And the seal its mate.

Somewhere in life

There must be someone

To take your hand

And share the torrid day.

Without the touch of love

There is no life, and we must fade away.