HOPE
I sit behind the bars wondering what I did to deserve this.
Why am I here? What did I do wrong?
Will I ever find a home?
I hear voices, I see people!
I bark, wagging my tail.
I scream out “Pick me, oh please pick me!”
But just like my luck they pass my pen choosing my friend.
I lay back in my cold, cramped cage.
Would someone come who’d care for me?
Love me?
Days pass by, continued by weeks.
Yet still I’m all alone in this pen.
I give up hope, watching as my friends find homes, yet I’m still here.
All alone.
Footsteps can be heard; they stop near my jail cell.
I look up at the friendly face.
She smiles and says she wants this one.
I jump for joy.
“Oh yes, I’m free!”
She laughs and says, “You’re coming home with me!”
Finally I found a home; sweet home.
Somewhere I can play and roam.
Now I’m happy thanks to her.
I know I’ll show her all I know.
‘Cause I never want to go back there.
Back there where I had no hope.
Rachael Ann Drummond
I sit behind the bars wondering what I did to deserve this.
Why am I here? What did I do wrong?
Will I ever find a home?
I hear voices, I see people!
I bark, wagging my tail.
I scream out “Pick me, oh please pick me!”
But just like my luck they pass my pen choosing my friend.
I lay back in my cold, cramped cage.
Would someone come who’d care for me?
Love me?
Days pass by, continued by weeks.
Yet still I’m all alone in this pen.
I give up hope, watching as my friends find homes, yet I’m still here.
All alone.
Footsteps can be heard; they stop near my jail cell.
I look up at the friendly face.
She smiles and says she wants this one.
I jump for joy.
“Oh yes, I’m free!”
She laughs and says, “You’re coming home with me!”
Finally I found a home; sweet home.
Somewhere I can play and roam.
Now I’m happy thanks to her.
I know I’ll show her all I know.
‘Cause I never want to go back there.
Back there where I had no hope.
Rachael Ann Drummond
