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PRAYER OF THE DOG
Lord,
I keep watch!
If I am not here,
who will guard their house?
watch over their sheep?
be faithful?
No one but You and I
understand
what faithfulness is.
They call me "Good dog! Nice dog!"
Words...
I take their pats
and the old bones they throw me
and I seem pleased.
They really believe they make me happy.
I take kicks, too
when they come my way.
None of that matters.
I keep watch!
Lord,
do not let me die
until, for them, all danger is driven away.
AMEN. ~ Rumer Godden
Lovely, lovely poem. And all so true.
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