Animals crowding shelters <br />Discarded, mistreated, jilted…bereft <br />Craving for attention, devotion <br />Nay for food they long <br />Nay for aegis they seek <br />Just a loving heart to blanket their lonesome souls <br />Not to die beneath the prick of a needle <br /> <br />Tiddlers, young ‘uns <br />Stricken with impoverished fortune <br />Masking their fears with esurient eyes <br />Shielding their emptiness with loud cries <br />Shattering the void of the cold still night <br /> <br />Dare we dream <br />Of a better ending <br />For those who cannot speak for themselves <br />For those whose eyes scream out for help <br />For those who are, like us <br />Creatures of God <br /> <br />Dare we dream <br />Of a finer fate <br />For those whose destinies are uncertain <br />For the famished, the tainted, the lost <br />The innocent <br /> <br />Dare we dream <br />Of a life <br />Where sorrows <br />Where pain <br />Where worries and disdain <br />Disappear <br /> <br />Dare we dream <br />Of a tomorrow? <br /> <br /> -Sharm-<br /><br />Sharm Siva<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dare-we-dream/
