Everyone Needs Someone

People need people

and friends need friends,

And we all need love

for a full lift depends

Not on vast riches

or great acclaim,

Not on success

or on worldly fame,

But just in knowing

that someone cares

And holds us close

in their thoughts and prayers

For only the knowledge

that we're understood

Makes everyday living

feel wonderfully good,

And we rob ourselves

of life's greatest need

When we lock up our hearts 

and fail to heed

The outstretched hand

reaching to find

A kindred spirit

whose heart and mind

Are lonely and longing

to somehow share

Our joys and sorrows

and to make us aware

That life's completeness

and richness depends

On the things we share

with our love ones and

friends.

Helen Steiner Rice