Shadow
walking,
crushing juniper berries
at dusk
the dog shadows me
in his absence
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“Shadow” first appeared here in April, 2015. It could be considered a companion piece to “Mother’s Day,” which is included in the July 2016 edition of The Lake.
Music: “Thunderbird” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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O at the Edges 
Beautiful writing, thanks for sharing.
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Thanks very much!
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Companions remain beyond their bodies… in hearts, thoughts … and some in poems. This is a beautiful recording.
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They’re always there! Thanks, Jazz.
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I don’t know how I would take walks — through our neighborhood, up our tiny mountain — without my little dog ❤
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Walking alone is definitely not the same!
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beautifully done
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Thank you, Sarah.
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Yes, absence is a palpable kind of presence.
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Thank you, Frank. It is, indeed.
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Robert, as always, your work lays open my heart. I found myself watching little Tadpole-Marie (my dog) entertaining herself with her hedgehog toy, and remembering how she will leave this world before I do. And how that will not be easy for me to handle. How even now, the cat brothers I adopted so many years ago still leave me lost objects, though they’ve long since crossed the rainbow bridge – and will still miao to remind me to play. Thank you. So much. And no matter how long ago the loss, my deepest sympathy. I know your Friend is playing with Fang the Toothless, Charlie the Snoring Champion, and Checkers the Eater of Encyclopedias and Terror of Chickens.
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Thank you, M.T. They never really leave us…
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It could be a shadow in the making…………………………….
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The story of my life…
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Really…… Can I get a gist about it. You don’t say….
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Light and darkness. Darkness and light. They seem to be mutually dependent.
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Smh….. It doesn’t really coincide…..I’m sure your past has alot to reveal as compared with mine……..
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My past is mostly dull, but I’ve accumulated a lot of it due to my age. 🙂
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😂 😂 Really…….. It’ll be good to share…..
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Well for my past I laugh the pain out in order not to reminisce the events……….
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Laughter is good for that!
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Yep
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It comes out in the writing. Sometimes. 😀
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Exactly……… Same here….
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