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The House Dog’s Grave Lyrics by Thomas Rückoldt, Anne Clark

Homage (The Silence Inside)

2018

You were never masters, but friends. I was your friend
I loved you well, and was loved. Deep love endures
To the end and far past the end. If this is my end
I am not lonely. I am not afraid. I am still yours
I’ve changed my ways a little; I cannot now
Run with you in the evenings along the shore
Except in a kind of dream; and you, if you dream a moment
You see me there
So leave awhile the paw-marks on the front door
Where I used to scratch to go out or in
And you’d soon open; leave on the floor
The marks of my drinking-pan
I cannot lie by your fire as I used to do
On the warm stone
Nor at the foot of your bed; no, all the nights through
I lie alone
But your kind thought has laid me less than six feet
Outside your window where firelight so often plays
And where you sit to read- and I fear often grieving for me-
Every night your lamplight lies on my place
You, man and woman, live so long, it's hard
To think of you ever dying
A little dog would get tired, living so long
I hope that when you are lying
Under the ground like me your lives will appear
As good and joyful as mine
No, that’s too much hope: you are not so well cared for
As I have been
And never have known the passionate undivided
Fidelities that I knew
You were never masters, but friends. I was your friend
I loved you well, and was loved. Deep love endures
To the end and far past the end. If this is my end
I am not lonely. I am not afraid. I am still yours
Credits
Thomas Rückoldt

Thomas Rückoldt

Anne Clark

Anne Clark

About “The House Dog’s Grave” by Thomas Rückoldt

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"The House Dog’s Grave" appears on "Homage (The Silence Inside)" in 2018.

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