this desert

starvation
comes
in many forms.
lack of food,
nourishment from
any tree,
a piece of fruit,
how weak we grow
from lack
of talk, of touch,
of love.
the spirit
sags, the body
limps
through another day.
and thirst.
how dry the mouth becomes
without water to sip,
without a pair
of lips
to kiss.
how empty
the heart is
when lost in a desert
such as
this.