I remember talking with someone about a black dog and how it related to Hecate. This is a poem I wrote sometime after that. The shadow of the black dog is something I actually did see. There was no dog there to cast that shadow either.
Full Death Moon
i have seen the shadow of the black dog twice
and i know She is calling me
Calling me to don the dark cloak again
Bidding me to dine with her tonight.
i have felt the shadow of the black dog twice
Can’t you hear the whispering trees coaxing
You to leave your warm campfires
To dance under the full moon sky?
i have seen the shadow of the black dog twice
And i know that i am at my crossroads again.
That it is time to set my feet to the path
To eat and love with my Lady.
Arwen Nightstar
written on the Full Death Moon 1998
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October 22, 2002