Dehydrated

Photo by Jens Johnsson on Unsplash
a dehydrated soul
typically looks 
in all the wrong places
for a source
of liquid love
to quench 
its thirst

in desperation
it swallows
all kinds 
of vices
that will never
satisfy 
the universal need
to be loved

oh, to know
that the source
of liquid love
is an inner river
of gratitude
that sometimes trickles,
sometimes cascades,
but always flows
and must be
consumed 
in sweet 
sacred
silence