SOME DOG NEEDS YOU
by J.D. O'BRIEN
This poem was passed on by Grinshill Animal Rescue and is dedicated to all animal owners who have loved and lost their best friend and who have said, quite understandably, that they would never have another pet or go through such pain and sadness again. If these words can make just one of you bravely change your mind and some lonely pet is given a home as a result, then they will have been worth the typing.
I know you said that you could never go through that again,
I know you said
You couldn't stand the heartache and the pain.
I know you said
No other dog could take your best friend's place,
You said it so sincerely,
With such sadness in your face.
Please think again my dog loving friend,
Sadly you had to part.
But he still walks beside you
In your mind and in your heart.
I know that you'd feel that you let him down,
If you found another friend
For you had cried your heart out,
When your hero faced the end.
I know if he could speak to you,
He'd tell you what to do.
He'd say 'somewhere a lonely dog
Needs someone good like you'.
I know that he would mention
That he loved you all his days
And he'd thank you for just being you,
With your dog loving ways.
And I know that he would tell you
Not to carry on alone,
To accept the fact that he is gone,
And give another dog a home.
He'd tell you that he'd watch over you
And guide you as you go
And your life will be filled with sunshine again,
You'll walk in a wonderful glow.
He'd tell you he was happy still,
That his living was not in vain,
Then he'd go off and wait at Heaven's Gate,
Until you meet again.
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