Sufficient Unto Me Poem by Helen Crutchett

You could show me the rivers of paradise,
it would be nothing if your love ceased to flow.
The shade of the palm trees would not ease
the burning of my soul, if you went from my life.
They could show me the fading footprints
of the prophets,
if you did not run toward me, I would be lost
in the desert sands for all time.
I could smell the sweetest rose in the world alas
it's perfume would fade if I could not sense you
near me.
They could offer me all the gold in the world
though not one ounce would I take if I lost you
forever.
They could hand me the sun in my left hand
the moon in my right, even that wouldn't console
me without my beloved by my side.
You are my paradise, my sheltering oasis
my poet of sweet words.