This Old Dog

I'm getting on in years,
My coat is turning gray.
My eyes have lost their luster,
My hearing's just okay.
I spend my days dreaming
Of earlier times with you
When I could run and jump and play
And fetch the ball you threw.
I remember our first visit,
I was coming to you free
Hoping you would take me in
And keep me company.
I wasn't young or handsome,
Two years I'd roamed the street.
There were scars upon my face,
I hobbled on my feet.
I could sense your disappointment
As I left my prison cage.
Oh, I hoped you would accept me
And look beyond my age.
You took me out of pity,
I accepted without shame.
Then you grew to love me,
And I admit the same.
I have shared with you your laughter,
You have wet my fur with tears.
We've come to know each other
Throughout these many years.
Just one more hug this morning
And as you drive away
know I will think about you
Throughout your busy day.
I'll faithfully wait here for you
And though my head's a fog
My heart is yours forever.
I promise,
This old dog
-author unknown

 

A DOGS PRAYER

Dear Lord:
Please watch over our humans, they are so weak. They have no claws
or teeth, they can't run fast or fly away, neither can they burrow
or build a nest in which to be safe. They smell bad, do strange
things that aren't altogether intelligent, have no real ability to
communicate with us, although we are able to figure out what they
want.
Lord, grant US the ability to watch over our humans, care for them,
cheer them when they are down, make them laugh, smile, and shower
them with our love. We pray that we can bring a little joy into
their otherwise mundane existence...
Lord... please let them know that when we insist on getting
attention, it is so we can check their emotional well being and
boost their morale.
When we pester them for different foods, toys, etc., its so they
will learn to see us in ways they hadn't considered, bringing them
closer and back into the fold... which they are part of but keep
forgetting about.
They expect us to know what they want even though sometimes they
don't know what we want.  Some of them really try and we know they
love us but some of them are so dumb, yet our love for them remains
intensely unfaltering.
Lord, when we die, please make sure to send us ahead to where ever
our  humans are going to be, so we can pave the way for them, vouch
for them and be there for them when they too die...... please allow
us to continue proving the humans are worth the effort. You placed
these humans in dominion over us, but you charged us with the task
of caring for them, SHOWING them your love every day, through us.
God bless these mere mortal humans, they know not that we are their
guardian angels sent in love to task them so that they may grow to
be part of your plan.
You and Us God ... we'll bring them back into the fold ...
you and us.
Amen.
-author unknown
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