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Dog Heaven

(Updated version of what was read on May 6, 2014)

One day my son asked me when he was just seven

If pets live beyond earth; he’d heard of dog heaven.

So when I got still and went into my heart

I heard a clear message God ‘sired to impart.

“I AM Pure Consciousness; I AM Pure Love.

All pets have spirits I share from above.

When love is present between dog and boy

There I bring something of heaven’s great joy.

Friendship ‘twixt all forms of life there below

Forms sacred bonds that continue to grow.

Love that is shared in eternity lives;

Kindness, compassion, too, and all that gives.

When one shows mercy ‘midst crisis and storm

I see your loving toward any life form.

Lassie and Timmy knew love of this type—

Miracles happen; it’s not just all hype.

Collies, Dalmatians and Schnauzers and Hounds

Golden Retrievers should not live in pounds.

Each child a dog should tend, to lick and love—

Love’s unconditional, sent from above.

When I named each creature—horse, monkey, frog—

My title backwards I spelled for the dog.

So here’s to Mocha and sweet Ollie, too

For ‘most a decade I loaned them to you.

Their home’s now my mansion where saints above pray;

Where love reigns supreme and still boys and dogs play.

Yes, there’s a dog heaven and one for cats, too.

All creatures we care for are still loving you!”

Copyright © David Lewis  May 6, 2014