Never Alone

My friend says I must feel alone.
I say but you are there
in the trees on the ground in the air.
My friend says you should get
at least a pet.
I say space is never far, heaven knows.
I say my heart is so full
it sometimes spills over
and everywhere it lands
something grows.

4 March 2026
Texas Jim
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Bird: early returning cedar waxwing