Mike Acker - Side by Side

My shadow, and I were
born on each other's side.
He and I swore to be
one, until we've both died.

For sixty years now,
I'd been at his side.
Then, one sunny day,
he suddenly died.

Now, we are buried, deep,
each one on his own side.

Mike Acker

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