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Sep 14

Companions

  • September 14, 2018
  • The River Lagan
  • 400 Words

We are out for a walk in the forest,

Dog and me.

I obediently walk the path.

She, preferring the untrod way,

Bounds through the underbrush.

This companionship of ours

Is a loosely constructed thing.

Dog bounds off, out of sight

Eagerly pursuing the unseen in the forest’s depth.

I scuff the leaves along the path,

Alone, yet, accompanied.

 

Leaving the forest I climb a hill,

A mountain in a sea of prairie.

Resting against a warm stone

I find dog’s eyes begging.

I rub her ears.

She wags her tail.

The wind caresses my cheek.

 

Standing, we eye the open field.

Dog looks at me with anticipation

And we are off!

Racing down the hill,

Tumbling over ourselves with joy,

For life!

For movement!

For companionship!

 

Then, dog runs off again.

I walk on alone,

Accompanied.

 

Back at my cottage, dog is there

Wagging the porch off.

Sitting on the step together

Her head on my lap,    

We are one.

S.G. Hope

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