I AM NEVER ALONE

I am never alone

For discourse I, at least,

Can see one side

Upon the page,

The words of,

Philosophers, and

Frivilous fools

Poets, potentates, and

Pundits,

And, as for company,

Your eyes upon me

In my imagined room,

Hand warm upon

My shoulder,

As I read.

• Donovan Baldwin