BROWN

dark chocolate
spicy cinnamon
my eyes fixed on you

SHADOW

Black and silent
Always by my side
Happy or sad
You always knew what to do
You knew when to be there
when to keep me company
when to leave me alone
when to push me softly with your tiny head
when to meow me out of bed
when to be the reason for me to get up from bed if just to feed you
when to play snatching my pen to give me a rest from work

You are no longer here
and maybe you are
maybe you will be forever near
closer to my heart.

SNAKE

sliding wispering wishes silently, solemnly since sixty-six seconds sufficiently close I listen.

LILAC

the jacaranda trumpets announcing the coming of Spring.