Stray Dog Poem
Posted on: August 7, 2007, at 03:37:57pm

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 afraid 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,
or have I 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.

-- author unknown