What Can't I Live Without?

Feeling like the world is listening to me,

That it has the feels,

That it cares.

Feeling like everything I say isn't going into a vacuum.

The recognition of acknowledgement and response,

of receptivity and sympathy.

Feeling like all I do is not in vain.

What would I do if I were forced to live without it?

If I ever found myself in this situation, I would just have to remember the phrase: 'this too shall pass.'