Who Am I Without You?
Who is a king
without a crown?
Or a great music performer
without a listening audience
A cocktail party
without cheerful guests?
What is beauty
without a beholder?
A work of art
without an admirer?
What is wealth
without none to share?
A joke , a story
without no one to hear and laugh?
And what is life
without no one to live with?
Who am I
without you?
My eyes without your sight
My mouth without your ears?
My heart,
without your fond memories and living thoughts
My existence
without your presence and absence
Who am i without you?
For I am, because you are.
(This poem expresses the oneness and interrelatedness of the human race; in
Swahili: Ubuntu, It is Ujamaa)
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