Go inside a dog shelter.
See the homeless dogs,
Waiting for loving owners.
Perhaps you’ll find a frightened Frenchie,
Previously abused.
Hear his desperate whining,
Of pain, fear, and loneliness.
Perhaps you’ll witness a poodle pup,
Who knows only sorrow, disappointment, and misery.
See an ugly, deformed Doberman,
Always shunned by shoppers.
Knowing perhaps he’ll be put to rest forever,
Eyes listless, tail tucked; he awaits his doom.
Hear the frightened whimpering,
As a malicious person walks by.
Perhaps this sheltie was
Meant for the show ring.
See a sleek gray hound,
With depressed eyes and protruding ribs.
Perhaps he ran half a mile,
One second too slow.
See a shivering, sick Chihuahua runt,
One who is always last.
Perhaps you’ll discover,
He was meant to be yours.
~Alexa I. Stern
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