The child within
The hospital cubicle
Shivers with the shock
The stitches put
To ragged wounds
People stare at the clock.
Her mother says
To the staff
I cannot put the dog down
Its eight years old a family pet
The child shivers once again
At the prospect
Of returning home
To face the teeth that touched bone.
What is this madness ?
This child abuse
A child returned
To face the truth
That animals are the real kids
Children only pets
A dogs life worth much more
Than a child in fear kept.