Family

I am never alone,
even when I am out in the early hours,
even in the centre of this overcrowded city
there are curious foxes to keep me company
robins, thrushes and blackbirds to listen to
and occasionally another early walker
to nod and grunt at as we pass each other,
but the best thing is that I feel part of it all,
and that the same light that causes this
world to turn and the birds to sing causes my heart to sing too.