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Dogs always forgive
Humans say Elephants never forget and I bark Dogs always forgive,
I am a creature and I am a captive, I am a Pitbull and yet my owner is the greater savage,
I am beaten and starved, I have been abandoned and scarred, flea bitten and disease ridden.
I live in a cardboard box in the overgrown back yard, it breaks my heart as I long to be kissed, hugged and fussed like all the other dogs at the park.
I howl and cry for you but you are never there, I fill my empty water bowl with endless tears.
You beat me with a belt, call me names, slap me with the back of the hand and kick me in the face.
When you approach to hit me again I do not growl, instead I lick your hand and wag my tail. We are a pack and you are the alpha male, if you got lost I would track you down, if someone hurt you I would hunt them down. If they took me to the dog shelter I would escape and return home.
Others have abandoned you including your parents, children and wife but I am by your side. You are evil, cruel and unkind but you are all I have and you are mine.
We are a pack of two and despite all the abuse my love is true.
(c) Copyright SimpleTon, 2017
I am a creature and I am a captive, I am a Pitbull and yet my owner is the greater savage,
I am beaten and starved, I have been abandoned and scarred, flea bitten and disease ridden.
I live in a cardboard box in the overgrown back yard, it breaks my heart as I long to be kissed, hugged and fussed like all the other dogs at the park.
I howl and cry for you but you are never there, I fill my empty water bowl with endless tears.
You beat me with a belt, call me names, slap me with the back of the hand and kick me in the face.
When you approach to hit me again I do not growl, instead I lick your hand and wag my tail. We are a pack and you are the alpha male, if you got lost I would track you down, if someone hurt you I would hunt them down. If they took me to the dog shelter I would escape and return home.
Others have abandoned you including your parents, children and wife but I am by your side. You are evil, cruel and unkind but you are all I have and you are mine.
We are a pack of two and despite all the abuse my love is true.
(c) Copyright SimpleTon, 2017
Published 1st Sep 2017
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2nd Oct 2017 00:47am
I love how you portrayed a dogs emotions and point of view in this. It is definitely well written. Nice job! :)
2nd Oct 2017 7:47am
18th Oct 2017 7:39pm
Yes, excellent writing. I have shelter volunteered and rescued going on 12 years, LOVE DOGS. Poor Pit Bulls, abandoned for a label, and society says bad apples, but all rehabilitated most of them. See my books at Amazon.com = Kevin Rottweiler. (you can be on amazon, too)
19th Oct 2017 8:30am
Many thanks for the comment. Great to hear you are volunteering and helping dogs, it is a brilliant thing to do.
24th Feb 2023 2:25am
