Dear God....

Dear God, please send me someone 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; 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, Oh, 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 another; "victim of man!"

I'm wormy, dear God; and I'm ridden with fleas

And all I ever wanted was an owner to please.

If you find one for me, God, I'll try to be good;

I wont 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, Oh, so alone.

Each night, as I sleep in the bushes, I cry

Cause I'm so afraid, God, that I'm gonna 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, oh please, answer my prayer;

And send me to somebody who will really care.