Four Feet

I have done mostly what most men do,
And pushed it out of my mind;
But I can't forget, if I wanted to,
Four feet trotting behind.

Day after day, the whole day through -

Wherever my road inclined -
Four Feet said, "I am coming with you"
and trotted along behind.

Now I must go by some other round -
Which I shall never find -
Somewhere that does not carry the sound
Of Four Feet trotting behind.

                                            Rudyard Kipling