To Live Without

To live without air,
to live without water,

I would love to love you,
but a little less.

To live without you is like
A fish that lives without water.

Give me your attention:

A bird that flies without the sky,
A flower that grows without the earth,

To live without your love
Is to live without living.


Margaret, 2nd grade

This poem is featured as part of the 2013 A Poem A Day campaign, a National Poetry Month celebration by Writers in the Schools (WITS) that features a different poem by a WITS student every day during April. Please go to www.witsblog.org or www.witshouston.org to learn more.