ALONE AGAIN

I wish someone would tell me what it is

That I've done wrong

Why I have to stay chained up and

Left alone so long

They seemed so glad to have me

When I came here as a pup

There were so many things we'd do

While I was growing up.

They couldn't wait to train me as a

Companion and a friend

And told me how they'd never fear

Being left alone again.

The children said they'd feed me and

Brush me every day.

They'd play with me and walk me

If I could only stay.

But now the family "Hasn't time"

They often say I shed.

They do not even want me in the house

Not even to be fed.

The children never walk me.

They always say, "Not now!"

I wish that I could please them.

Won't someone tell me how?

All I had, you see, was love.

I wish they would explain

Why they said they wanted me,

Then left me on a chain?