Won't someone please take me home?

I'm tired of life in a pen

Of being passed over

Again and again

There's always someone brighter

Or younger, or more cute

Coat shiner, teeth whiter

Will I never suit?

Though this is our refuge ,We're warm and well fed

Toys for our pleasure ,A soft cosy bed

Yet I yearn for my own one, To love me and care

Not longing for the attention, So many must share

For several of us are sick, Many are sad and some old

Starved , kicked or beaten, Turned out in the cold

Some were beloved, A joy and delight

Till everything changed, Then- banished from sight

Most of us find here the most kindness we've known

They're bewildered , bereft , abandoned, alone

We all come with baggage

And needs to be met

Your patience and time, to forgive and forget

So, here I am

waiting

For someone to come

Who'll see me and love me

And then...

Take me home

If it should be

If it should be that I grow frail and weak

And pain should wake me from my sleep

then you must do what must be done

If this last battle can't be won

You will be sad, I understand

Don't then let your grief stay your hand

For this day more than all the rest

Your love and friendship stand the test

We have had so many happy years

What is to come will hold no fears

You will not want me to suffer so

When the time comes, please let me go

I know in time you too will see

It is a kindness you do for me

Although my tail it's last has waved

From pain and suffering I've been saved

Do not grieve that it should be you

Who has to decide this thing to do

We've been so close, we two, these years

Don't let your heart hold any tears

The Legacy

When humans die , they make a will

to leave their homes and all they have

to those they love

I, too, would make a will if I could write

To some poor wistful, lonely stray

I leave my happy home

My dish, my cosy bed, my cushioned chair, my toy

the well loved lap, the gentle stroking hand

The loving voice

The place i made in someone's heart

the love that at the last could help me to

A peaceful painless end , held in loving arms

If I should die, Oh do not say

"no more a pet I'll have to grieve me by it's loss"

Seek out some lonely, unloved dog

And give my place to him

this is the doggy legacy I leave behind

'tis all I have to give