A Stray Dog
 
Dear God, send me somebody who'll care!
I'm tired of running, I'm sick with despair;
My body is aching, it's so wracked 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, God, and 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, 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
I won't chew their shoes, and I'll do as I should.
 
I will 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 weak, and I'm oh so alone.
 
Each night as I sleep in the bushes I cry
Cause I'm so afraid God, that I'm going to die!
I've got so much love and devotion to give
That I should be given a new chance to live.
 
So dear God, please, please answer my prayer
And send me somebody who will really care.
That is, dear God, if You're really there!
 
~Author Unknown~