Dogs Petition
We have eyes, ears, tongue,
And also legs
However, we don't have the hands
We also have not the words
To express our feelings
But we have the sense
Better than a human
We are loyal as a unique creature
For entire life
That human has not
We feel and realize
Love, loyalty, and devotion
With humans
We are part of societies
And peoples, for centuries
We live and have lived with kings,
Leaders, holy, rich,
And poor people in equal
And same loyalty; whereas,
Human is empty of that
We guard the streets and roads
We sleep in the open sky, in all seasons
Hungry, thirsty and without safety
Tell us, oh, human of such lands
Where we are under the killing
With cruelty and brutally
How you can justify it
As none of the religions,
Laws and humanity allow that
It defines neither empathy nor goodness
Oh, human, high figures of society
Enjoy with us, but they give license
To others, to kill us,
Why such distinctions
Who will listen to us, for justice
Where we appeal, to stop killing us
O' Almighty Power, give us refuge.
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Submitted on December 04, 2019
Modified on April 03, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 989 |
Words | 189 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 37 |
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