Look At Me !

I saw you walk in,
and I wagged to say hi.
you looked down at me,
and then you walked by.

I peeked through my gate,
and watched as you played,
with the prettiest dogs
in the shelter that day.

I had a bath and a brushing
and I think I look swell,
my nails are clipped
and I don't even smell.

You must not have noticed me
when you picked out your new friend,
so I'll wait for the next family
and go home with them.

Then they came in,
and they all looked my way,
they pointed and laughed,
I thought, "this is my day"!

But then they left too,
without saying goodbye,
they took one of the pretty dogs,
I wondered why.

I may not be as cute
as my kennel mates,
I don't have papers or ribbons
or champion traits.

But I'm not a bad dog,
I'll be the best I can be,
if someone would just take
their chances on me.

I'll be loyal to you
each and every day,
protect you and keep you
out of harms way.

So please don't turn away
when you look down at me,
and try to look inside
to what my master could see.

He loved me he said
but it was his time to go,
he dropped me off here
with a kiss and a bone.

He said I would soon
have a new family,
someone to play with
and take care of me.

So I'll keep wagging my tail
to say hi to everyone
and then maybe one day,
it will be my turn to go home.

-by Darlene M. Freeman 10-19-95
darlene.freeman@worldnet.att.net
COPYRIGHT PROTECTED 1995