I am offering this poem to you, <br />since I have nothing else to give. <br />Keep it like a warm coat, <br />when winter comes to cover you, <br />or like a pair of thick socks <br />the cold cannot bite through, <br /> <br />I love you, <br /> <br />I have nothing else to give you, <br />so it is a pot full of yellow corn <br />to warm your belly in the winter, <br />it is a scarf for your head, to wear <br />over your hair, to tie up around your face, <br /> <br />I love you, <br /> <br />Keep it, treasure it as you would <br />if you were lost, needing direction, <br />in the wilderness life becomes when mature; <br />and in the corner of your drawer, <br />tucked away like a cabin or a hogan <br />in dense trees, come knocking, <br />and I will answer, give you directions, <br />and let you warm yourself by this fire, <br />rest by this fire, and make you feel safe, <br /> <br />I love you, <br /> <br />It's all I have to give, <br />and it's all anyone needs to live, <br />and to go on living inside, <br />when the world outside <br />no longer cares if you live or die; <br />remember, <br /> <br />I love you.<br /><br />Jimmy Santiago Baca<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-am-offering-this-poem/
