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Desert Stargazer
02-09-2005, 03:16 PM
The Spirit Dog takes to the sky
because his owners have let him die
they chained him out
in heat and cold
with no shade or blanket
should this be told ?

If he spilled his water by accident
they did not care
where the liquid went

"Bad dog" was all they said to him
his chance for life
was set to "slim"

They drove away
in a big old truck
they left him there
completely stuck

His thirsty tongue
licked morning dew
he bought some time
well..wouldn't you ?

The heat increased
as the day went on
mosquitoes bit
from dusk till dawn
He whined and cried
for his old mama dog
he laid next to the rotted log

His lungs then rattled
and his heartbeat stopped
then his soul began to fly
he fell into an angels arms
hovering in the sky

She pointed to his Hell below
and whispered into his ear
"Spirit Dog we welcome you
no more from Earth to fear"

They headed off to Sirius
and he became a canine Clown
he forgot about the pain gone by
and his bleached bones on the ground

C October 13 2004 Desert Stargazer

Lozi
02-09-2005, 05:48 PM
aww this poem made me cry ...almost. very sad. poor dog:( very effective writing desert stargazer

Smiling_Rose
02-09-2005, 06:48 PM
very sad, even more so because stuff like that actually happens :( i felt some of the rhyming was a bit forced, but otherwise its brilliantly emotive :)

Desert Stargazer
02-09-2005, 06:52 PM
Thank you. I wrote it one rainy day when I looked out the window to an empty doghouse. I have never understood why many humans cannot see the direct relationship to misery in our own lives by the way we treat other living things.

vanilla_faerie
02-09-2005, 07:02 PM
It made me cry. :( That means it must be good.