Essential

To be critical
Or to be a part of the identity
The essence
Of essence
A character
A characterization
A category
A categorization

Part of the whole
Or in service to the group
A contract
Or a membership
Freedom maximized
Or belonging gained
Critical to me
Or crucial to you
Or symbiotically affixed

I need some of all
Sum of all
A coffee shop arms length
A bike shop intimacy
Relationships intercritical
And value exchanges
Between consciousnesses
Of ideas
And subsistence