The One

You don’t need the world or everyone in it to love you.

You only need the one who assures you that you are truly funny, yet intelligent.

The one who tells you every day that you are sexy and beautiful, and mean what they say.

The one who looks at you a certain way and a tingle of desire runs through your body.

The one who sees the real you and loves you for who you are, morning face and all.

You don’t need the world or everyone in it to love you.

You only need that one who loves YOU more than the world and everyone in it.

By Billy Walters

Incarcerated at Piedmont Correctional Institution in Salisbury, North Carolina

The One