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We dug our fingertips into the earth, into crumbled soft in our paws like fresh chocolate cake. Kneeling side by side, I felt the muscles of your arms against mine as we dug a perfect hole of parted dirt and root. When the time came, you spoke the word and I let out one long breath. Picking up the small box, I closed my eyes and spoke a few small promises. As seconds grew into minutes of silence, you reached over to awaken me, holding my wrist with a big warm hand while a single tear slid down and hung from my chin. Kissing away the sadness on my face, you pressed your lips to the box and we set it inside the earth. Together, we used our open palms to bury away our little secret. We pushed and pushed until it was concealed, entombed in the place where we are all born and die. I felt my heartbeat slow as a heaviness was pulled from the small of my back. This new space inside me was filled with the warmth of the sky opening up and the fall leaves rustling in the wild around us.