A Stray Dog'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, 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 ran through the streets just looking for bones.

I'm not really bad, God, please help if you can,

For now 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 on 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, lie down or 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 am 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, won’t you please answer my prayer,

And send me someone who will really care...

That is dear God, if you are really there!