Home

It's cold in the fields, and the wind it blows fierce.

My fur is all matted, but the ice rain can pierce.

My paws, they are bleeding, I have walked a long way,

with no destination, no place to stay

I curl up in the bushes and hope they give cover.

I close my sore eyes and I think of my mother.

She was tired but kind and they took me away.

I cried for a long time and did quietly pray.

I stayed in a cage with my brothers and sister.

She went away first and I desperately missed her.

The boys went together and I was alone.

No family, no dinner, no pride and no home.

I tried to get comfy but the cage was so hard.

I saw no green fields just a bare concrete yard.

The men came with scraps they were rough they were cruel.

I slipped out of that cage breaking their rule.

I ran like a bullet and never looked back.

To the pain, and the fear, and the loss of my pack.

It's just me now but at least l'm alive

Battered and broken but still I survive.

I crawl out of the bushes disheartened and numb.

My stomach is growling, I can't find a crumb.

I chew on some grass but it makes me feel ill.

I will move on again if I can muster the will.

I spot in the distance, a human, I'm scared,

but I smell something good and I no longer care,

I run to the man with a devious plot,

I'll grab his good breakfast while it's still nice and hot.

As I approach, he speaks to me gently

He bends down to my left and says god must have sent me.

There are people who long for a friend just like me.

Just to play in their garden and curl on their knee

He gives me his breakfast and smiles as I eat.

He tickles my neck and lifts me off my sore feet.

He carries me home I'm too tired to fight.

I'm taken away to a shelter that night

I still feel lonely but the humans are kind.

They give me some food and my wounds they bind.

They bathe me and brush me and cut out my matts

They give me a bed, and some strokes and some pats

Some new people come in to visit one night.

I am happy to see them, they are moved by my plight.

They promise to come back so I can go with them.

They are sure of the joy and the love I could give them.

I go to the house, there's a garden to play in.

I got my own toys and my own bed to lay in.

I've got lots to learn about life with a family.

But I'm as clever and sharp as a little dog can be.

Soon we are family and now I belong.

My memories of past times will shortly be gone.

I sigh to myself as I munch on my bone.

Now I am happy, now I am home.