Aching muscles

They dumped me 30 miles away
Left me there to die
But I so loved my home you know
And I thought I could rely
On being there forever
Till that fateful day
When they put me in the car
And then just drove away

Just imagine your loved ones
Doing that to you
I watched them as the car sped off
Now what could I do
I am an old Labrador
Already my legs are sore
30 miles that’s terrible
But I did so adore

All my friends around their place
That little cat I knew
Other dogs I met around
And, the pet shop crew
They must have overlooked the fact
That I was left alone
They couldn’t have done this
Deliberately
Internally I groan

But they did as I found out, they did
They didn’t care a bit
They said I stank
That I was rank
And clearing up my shit
Phased them they were done with me
And I just had to go
When, nobody loves you
That’s when you really know

And so I just decided to walk back
So I did
30 miles of torture
Really in a bid
To remind my folks I was missing them
My endurance caused such stress
Sure I was exhausted
And probably looked a mess

For they were clearly embarrassed
Of course when I showed up
And they shut the doors and locked the gate
And I saw they had a pup
We don’t ever want to see you
Ever at our door
Why do you think we abandoned you
We don’t want you anymore

That was such a set back
Refused I felt let down
And I was so much weaker
When I got to their town
My feet were very bloody
And I was cold and wet
And when he told me to sod off
I tried hard not to let

Him see how that affected me
How many tears I cried
My heart in fact was broken
I was aching now inside
I let out a yelp but it didn’t help
He threw a stick at me
So I turned around
Without a sound
And went
Yea I could see

Yea. I could feel the hatred
An old dog knows the score
It was clearly obvious
They didn’t want me anymore

To be unloved is terrible
Especially when you are old
To be unloved and turned away
When the nights are cold
It gets into your gristle
It breaks your heart it does
Living on the roadside somewhere
But There is just no buzz

Cars pass by people look
But you are all alone
If you are lucky possibly
You might find a road kill bone
Luckily for me I was found
And of course I stay
with a couple
In another town who love me
So it’s okay

at first I think they just took me in
Out of pity but I feel
Now they kind of love me
So My life again is real