Spirit of the Akita

Original author unknown -

I was standing on a hillside

In a field of blowing wheat

And the spirit of my Akita dog

Appeared suddenly at my feet.

He looked at me with kind dark eyes

An ancient wisdom shining through

and in the essence of his being

I saw his love for me, too.

His mind did lock upon my heart

As I stood there on that day

then he told me of this story

About a place so far away.

I stood upon that hillside

In a field of lowing wheat

And in a twinkling of a second

his spirit left my feet.

His tale put my heart at ease

My fears did fade away

He helped me know where he had gone

when he left me on that day.

"I live among God's creatures now

In the heavens of your mind

so do not grieve for me, my friend

As I am with my kind.

My collar is a rainbow's hue

My leash a shooting star

My boundaries are the Milky Way

Where I sparkle from afar.

So when your life on earth is spent

And you stand at Heaven's gate

Haveno fear of loneliness

for here, you know I wait."

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