The world is not a pleasant place
to be without
the hard assurances of true friends

who speak up 
before they're asked with stark truths
that elude you.

Silences stretch pregnant with loving thought,
their two cents
on the tip of nimble loving tongues.

It's difficult enough
to walk the wide world alone. 
You need not.


Inspired by photos of Vivian Maier (not just that one).