Post by Paul on Dec 18, 2004 13:54:43 GMT 9.5
GIVE YOUR HEART TO A DOG
Buy a pup and your money will bring
Love unflinching that cannot lie,
Perfect passion and worship fed
By a kick in the ribs or pat on the
head.
Nevertheless, it is hardly fair
To risk your heart for a dog to tear.
When the fourteen years which nature
permits
Are closing in - asthma or tumor or fits,
And the vet's unspoken prescription
To lethal chambers or loaded guns,
Then you will find it's your own affair,
But - you've given your heart for a dog
to tear.
When the body that lived at your single
will,
When the whimper of welcome is stilled
- how still,
When the spirit that answered your
every word
Is gone - wherever it goes - for good,
You will discover how much you care,
And will give your heart to a dog to tear.
~Anonymous~
Buy a pup and your money will bring
Love unflinching that cannot lie,
Perfect passion and worship fed
By a kick in the ribs or pat on the
head.
Nevertheless, it is hardly fair
To risk your heart for a dog to tear.
When the fourteen years which nature
permits
Are closing in - asthma or tumor or fits,
And the vet's unspoken prescription
To lethal chambers or loaded guns,
Then you will find it's your own affair,
But - you've given your heart for a dog
to tear.
When the body that lived at your single
will,
When the whimper of welcome is stilled
- how still,
When the spirit that answered your
every word
Is gone - wherever it goes - for good,
You will discover how much you care,
And will give your heart to a dog to tear.
~Anonymous~
