A CRY FROM A LONELY DOG

I wish someone would tell me
what it is that I've done wrong.

Why do I have to stay chained up
and be left alone so long?

They seemed glad to have me
when I came here as a pup.

There were many things we'd do
when I was growing up.

The master said he'd train me
as a companion and a friend.

The mistress said she'd never fear
to be alone again.

The children said they'd feed me
and brush me every day.

They'd play with me and walk me,
if only I could stay.

But now the master "hasn't time",
the mistress says I shed.

She doesn't want me in the house,
not even to be fed.

The children never walk me,
they always say "not now".

I wish that I could please them,
won't someone tell me how?

All I had you see is love,
I wish they would explain.

Why they said they wanted me
and left me on a chain?

Author Unknown.



A STRAY'S PRAYER

Dear God, please send me somebody who'll care!
I'm tired of running, I'm sick with despair.
My body is aching, it's so racked with pain,
and dear God I pray, as I run in the rain.
That someone will love me and give me a home,
a warm cozy bed and a big juicy bone.
My last owner tied me all day in the yard
sometimes with no water, and God that was hard.
So I chewed my leash, and, God I ran away,
to rummage in garbage and live as a stray.
But now God, I'm tired and hungry and cold,
and I'm so afriad that I'll never grow old.
They've chased me with sticks and hit me with stones, while I run the streets just looking for bones.
I'm not really bad, God, please help if you can,
for I have become just a "Victim of Man!"
I'm wormy dear God and I'm ridden with fleas, and
all that I want is an Owner to please!
If you find one for me God, I'll try to be good,
and I won't chew their shoes, and I'll do as I should. I'll love them, protect them and try to obey..
when they tell me to sit, to lie down or to stay.
I don't think I'll make it too long on my own,
cause I'm getting so weak and I'm so all alone.
Each night as I sleep in the bushes, I cry
cause I'm so afraid God, that I'm gonna die.
And I've got so much love and devotion to give,
that I should be given a new chance to Live!
So dear God, please answer my prayer,
and send me someone who will REALLY care......
That is, dear God, if you're really there.

Author Unknown.

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