“I hope to make people realize,
How totally helpless our animals are,
How dependent on us, how trusting as a child,
That we will be kind, and take care of their needs.
They are our obligation, and our responsibility,
We have no right to neglect or violate them by cruelty.”
James Herriot
She was left in the parking lot at my vet’s
Left out there alone, in the cold, night rain
They took her in, and I went there to see her
Her eyes now filled with such sadness and pain
We’re calling this sad throw-away ‘Lady’
She is not a young pup, she has arthritis
She must have been someone’s, for years
I just cannot comprehend, how we do this
How can anyone have a dog, for so long
A faithful, gentle, old canine, like ‘Lady’
Then one night, decide to just abandon her
Apparently not caring, what her fate will be
We have been diligently searching ‘lost dog’ lists
But I’m convinced that someone dumped her here
As I sit in her kennel and gaze into her morose eyes
I wonder what has happened to us, and I shed a tear
And when I arrive back home, I am lovingly greeted
By several throw-aways, that I took in from the streets
Abandoned dogs like our little Jack and our old Trucker
Like Lady, the bond with them, some human did not keep
“How totally helpless our animals are,
How dependent on us, trusting as a child;
They are our obligation, and our responsibility,
We have no right to neglect or violate them by cruelty.”
Yet, we now seem to be neglecting and violating them,
More and more, these extremely horrific days for pets;
Please consider helping one of the many throw-aways,
Who so desperately need compassionate new friends yet.
©2011, Mr. Ed
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Anna
I'll post this poem as "Fill Your Home With A Bundle of Love" today.
Peace, Love and Blessings to you,
John Michael
PS: Yes, my wife and I have two strays - we love them everyday!
We are poor of spirit indeed.
John
Blessings,
Christine
While I choose not to have a pet because of circumstances (too busy to properly care for one) ... I do love animals - 3 days a week for 5 years now, I carry dog biscuits and other yummies in my car for my Patients' pets. How they 'light up' and show their affection is always heart-warming. One little gal, a Shelty, can't have what I give, because of a health problem, but her 'Mommy' slips me one of her 'special treats' and I pretend to pull from my 'Magic' pocket ... lil Gal is always delighted to see me ... she shimmies n' shakes n' wags her tail - some kind words n' a back rub ... then I'm off to the next delivery ... Makes My Day!
Conversely, the 'throw-aways' or disposals at all the Senior Citizens Homes are a deeper sadness to me ... SEAS of sad faces and Befuddled eyes, glazed over by drugs ... discarded and just waiting to Die! And at each such 'home' or center, some 'Owner' of the BUSINESS drives a Hummer, BMW, Cadillac Escalade, Lincoln Continental, Porsche, or whatever ... Crying all the way to the Bank!
Shades of the film, 'Soylent Green' .... Peace, my Friend ...
but to their aging parents & even children, too! I guess the sacred responsibliity we have to cherish life has been forgotten.
Always good to read your stuff, Ed. Take the bitter with the sweet.
Be well,
Carolyn
Cruel World!!!