Prayer of a Stray Dog 

Dear God,

Please send me someone who'll care!
I'm tired of running and 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 & 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 I ran
away, to rummage
in garbage & live as a stray.
But now God, I'm tired and hungry &
cold.  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, for I have become
just a "Victim of Man!  " I'm
wormy, dear God, and 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'll love them, protect them and try to
obey.. when they tell me to
sit, to 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'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....
because, dear God, I know,
YOU MUST SURELY BE THERE!

Author Unknown

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