MITZI
| Our faithful dog had left His life came to its end We had lost a family member He was more to us than 'friend' And as with other dogs we'd lost There's a lonely, morbid dove And it lives within the hollow Where a dog once stored its love Our dogs become a part of us They're family through and through They share in all our outings and in everything we do So when eternal sleep falls on them It leaves such an empty space We miss their loyalty, companionship And their reassuring face My first dog was a cross breed We were born on the same day He was the only playmate that I had The nearest farm was miles away The value of his friendship All words fail to express I learned at such an early age The love that dogs possess I remember when he passed away My heart shed endless tears He had devoted his life to me For those treasured fourteen years Time casts its deathly shadow And we find our friends are gone But death only steals their body All the memories will live on As I've stumbled through the chapters On life's uncertain page I've had a loving dog beside me To assist me through each stage Through some misunderstanding We may lose a trusted friend But the love and loyalty of a dog Stays with you to the end Whether you're a king or pauper A dog doesn't give a damn They accept that you're not perfect And give you all the love they can With the loss of our dog's endless love Our hearts felt so much gloom The heart that holds our happiness Now had one empty room My daughter solved the problem And without too much delay She went to the animal shelter Of the R.S.P.C.A. They had an English Pointer cross She'd been starved and so mistreated She was terrified of humans Her love and trust had been defeated Her life had just held terror She deserved a fresh new start And before they left that shelter She had won my daughter's heart She'd felt the cruelty of humans And neglect was all she knew So she treated with suspicion Everything we tried to do Her life had known no kindness All her memories were of pain A human had forsaken her She would not trust them again For months she wouldn't trust us She would cringe and try to hide She was so frightened and so tragic My wife and daughter almost cried Her past memories were of terror It had ripped her trust apart And through gross neglect and cruelty She was paying with her heart It took many months of coaxing We were frightened we would fail But then at last one morning Mitzi smiled and wagged her tail She had realised we loved her Regaining trust had been so hard But now she happily played with us And romped around the yard She now is full of confidence All her fear and doubt is gone All her days are filled with happiness And they will be from now on She is a little over twelve months old And though once she was so frail If Mitzi keeps on growing She'll be the size of a Clydesdale Mitzi has a little playmate A Jack Russell from next door And with our love and understanding She doesn't ask for any more When she's with us on our outings Her face reflects her joy and pride And to know that she's now happy Brings a warmth we feel inside I can't describe the feeling Her smiling face now brings To know a dog that suffered torture Now has a heart that sings She has a playful sense of humour And she likes to show it, too So she spreads her toys around the house As young dogs always do She now rules her own kingdom Because my daughter and my spouse Have ceded her full ownership Of the backyard and the house And now each precious morning Mitzi jumps upon my bed And while her loving eyes embrace me I stroke her faithful head A heart that's full of virtues Of love and faith and trust Cruel humans who abuse them Evoke my hate and my disgust K.D. Abbott © 2009 NOTE: The R.S.P.C.A. is The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 
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