This is way I love pets. Someone hurt you, hit you, beat you would not give you food The only water that you got was from a muddy pool And yet when help did finally come though you were almost dead You wagged your tail in greeting and you tried to raise your head What gave you strength or made you hope what helped to see you through The agonizing hunger and lonliness you knew Yet you forgave and took a chance and graced us with your love For us to know such spirit was a gift from a God above