Room for one More Dog.

                I see by his coat he must be a stray,
                       the untidy look gives him away.
                      He's lost his will and is so thin
                    hasn't eaten, since God knows when.
                   I know as I coax him through the door,
          There's always room for one more.
                      The other night in the freezing rain,
              That little female came again.
                    Matted and soaked crying in need,
                       lost and alone with babies to feed.
                     Her pleading eyes I couldn't ignore,
           There's always room for one more.
                    There's a new face on the docks today,
                     hungry but clean to our dismay,
                    I stroked her head Her body ripples
                      when she got up I saw she was crippled
                  she started to go, but fell on the floor.
           There's always room for one more.
                  There's the poor doggy standing in the rain,
                 I've tried to entice him time and again.
                     One ears lopsided the other's been torn,
                      Blind in one eye lost and forlorn.
                   He's coming now, so I'll open the door.
           There's always room for one more.
                  These stories are true, as I've said before,
          There's always room for one more.
                        Anonymous

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I ONLY WANTED YOU

They say memories are golden
well maybe that is true.
I never wanted memories,
I only wanted you.
A million times I needed you,
a million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you
you never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly,
In death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place
no one could ever fill.
If tears could build a stairway
and heartache make a lane,
I'd walk the path to heaven
and bring you back again.
Our family chain is broken,
and nothing seems the same.
But as God calls us one by one,
the chain will link again.
Author unknown
Submitted by Paulette Domingo
in memory of my best friend, Cody

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