sometimes he looks at my shadow. i imagine he has a silent sharing with my shadow. when i'm sort of in my head i can imagine him interacting with my shadow. i wonder if my shadow is an animal. i come to feel the animal is the soul, and if we lose that we are in danger, like our shadow, it's a sun-dial, a spirit guide, a compass. if we lose that we're lost. the dog we love always knows where the shadow goes.