[ WP ] A homeless person is about to die . Write about it from the perspective of his/her dog

I've been with the old man on these streets for 6 winters since I adopted him and I fear this may be our last together. May very well be my last as well. No one wants a broken person who is going to want a broken dog? 
 
 Sometimes it works, like when I want a bit of his food. 
 
 Sometimes it does not, like when I first smelled the blackness. 
 
 Must have been two winters ago. We traveled to a bit warmer climate, though rainy, but I did n't mind since I was with the old man. He was sleeping and I curled up next to him when I smelled it, just a trace but it was there in his lower back just to the right. I must have been pressing pretty hard with my muzzle because I was tickling him and woke him up laughing. I love that laugh so deep and melancholic at the same time. 
 
 Imagine you have no words, no hands, no real way to communicate except grunts, growls and an admittedly adorable face. How do you tell someone you found something internal and they need to go to a doctor and have it checked out? 
 
 I tried nuzzling more and he just giggles and turns away so now I just wait and try to keep his spirits up. I will be with him till his end and it will most likely be my end as well as I think I have gone on long enough. Every night I listen for cues in his breathing, I do n't think it will be long now really. 
 
 The blackness is everywhere in him. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

