If your beloved friend is a bird
And she sings
not for you but for all of creation
not in your song but in hers
not on cue but when the light is just so
and the ravens are playing and the hawks are resting
and she joins, and others join
and they fill the trees and the rooftops with their sing song
with their hellos and good afternoons to their beloved friends
Will you be angry that the song she sings is her own?

29th Jan 2023