Scratch

I watch the shadow trip carefully behind me
I hear the sniffles
as he breathes in the fresh snow for the first time
the light bark at the snow as it falls down
melting on his wet nose

I watch him grow in the shadow
Till it's him that watches mine
Always making sure I'm only a few steps behind
His tail sways back and forth
His happiness glows and makes me feel warm

I watch the years ago by
I remember the nights I cried
And he came to me
His nose in the palm of my hand
Telling me I'm not alone

So many years he's walked with me
Always been by my side
Always looked out for me
When there was no one else too
But his years are coming to an end now

I watch his fading shadow behind me
Tripping carefully
Like a puppy learning how to walk
But the walk is through struggle
To keep moving
And yet as I look at him
His eyes big and wide
A smile held tight in them
He looks so happy
So free
So young
And yet his he's slipping away from me

I look to the side of me
To watch the shadow follow me
and then I remember...
the shadow's no longer there...

*this poems about my dog scratch, he's not passed away yet but, it's coming to that, he's been such an amazing caring dog, he's always walked with me at night when every things felt like it's falling apart. He's never been angry at me, and all those times I cried when i was little, he was always there when no one else was.
I always look to the side of me to check I can see his shadow as I walk at night, so I know he's there n not wondered off
N tonight I realised, one day I'll turn and he wont be there anymore... and it made me cry