Rescue prayer

Now I lay me down to rest … I pray my soul can stand this test

Of watching critters lose their homes … While owners gripe and cry and moan

 

I long for strength of spirit that they’ll find a loving home again

Where they will know a loving heart … I can’t do much, but it’s a start.

 

And spare me from the owner’s pleas … About the baby’s allergies

Or how they’re moving out of state … Or spitefulness ‘tween cat and mate

 

Please keep me sane while dealing with the woman who bought as a gift

A wriggling tiny ball of fluff that now is playing way too rough

 

Protect my heart when I hear them say

“I think we’ll breed our dog one day”

Sometimes I think it’ll break in two;

Each day brings trials harsh and new

 

And if I die before I wake

I pray one hopeless soul you’ll take

My teas are gone, my faith is bare

Lord, please hear my rescue prayer.

 

(TRW, 2001)