On my last legs

I am a mum
my pups they are gone
man un kind stole them
I was put upon
this earth to pass on
my sweet expertise
and I’ve been through such
agony trying to please

Man un kind makes it known
I’m on death row
I’m down in the dumps
no one now wants to know
they have their own problems
and they don’t want mine
this is the truth
my life’s on the line

nobody loves me
nobody cares
some pay lip service
but my heart it tears
great chunks out of it
wondering why
I am left all alone
to just go and die

nobody loves me
a feeling that makes
this heart of mine
really it breaks
every cell in my body
to know that today
nobody loves me
that’s all I can say

and why is that
I try to be
helpful and kind
to the whole family
I never barked loudly
I always tried
to do what they asked
but I am denied

even a tiny thought
please let me be
I don’t want to die
I don’t want to be
injected and lost
in the limbo of life
I love living here
despite the strife

please don’t let them kill me
someone out there
see from my eyes
that my hearts in despair
I will love you
I promise I will
please please please help me
or my blood they will spill

I am a mum
my babies are gone
but I have such love left
in me it goes on
and on I love living
I don’t want to die