A Donkey who worked to please

Big Tears we share this morning

the sitar we can feel

the ropes are being cut away

the agony is real

the ignorance of man un kind

who exerts his rotten power

on an angel  who happened to have 4 legs

who helped him every hour

of every day

the ropes cut through the muscle

and the skin

the tendons they were shattered

this man had let his sin

encompass all his longings

and engaged in torture he

had lost sight of the angel with 4 legs

and that was key

the donkey worked its butt off

the donkey shed its tears

every step it took

inside itself it hears

the blood that oozes

from its legs

the scampering maggots too

it hears them

and it feels them

knowing not what it can do

if it slows down it gets beaten

if it whinnies it is told

if it closes down

its kicked and kicked

its told it will be sold

so it works itself and tries to please

its master everyday

till all its legs

are infected

and its life is just dismay

Animal Aid

was notified

and sent its angels to

the place where working animals

are threatened

as they do

see the need for love and care

for cleansing and to be

allowed to rest

allowed to feel

peace from slavery

the story it brings tears

a flooding

each of us we know

that poor soul gave its all

to someone

and got blow after blow

its poor legs tied together

cutting through the skin

but still it kept on working

despite the awful din

despite the dirt and mayhem

despite the weight it held

despite the scampering maggots

until the pain just felled

its spirit and it could

not go

another inch, and so

it fell down on the roadside

and let its master know

still he bloody kicked  and kicked

swore at him all day

but animal aid were on the case

and have taken him away

he will now not work

he will rest and be

sheltered from the adversity

but working animals everywhere

also share their own despair