If you had a friend

That didn’t have a home

Would you try and help them out

Or leave them on their own?

If you had a friend

Whose mother couldn’t cope

Would you offer up your help

Or simply wait and hope

If you knew a friend was starving

Didn’t have enough to eat

Would you offer up some comfort

Or watch their soul deplete

And if this friend had four legs

Instead of only two

Does that change how you would answer

Does it change what you would do?

You are my hero

You stand up for the weak

Give voices to those

Who themselves cannot speak

You are my hero

For you know what’s ahead

You’ll walk a trail of despair

No other would tread

You are my hero

For those images you keep

They may haunt you forever

And still make you weep

You are my hero

For all that you do

And you are their hero

And they thank you too

Angels masked as humans gather in the dusty lot

Long before the break of day

The sky a cold pale blue reminder

Of the tears they will not cry

Today

The road ahead is unforgiving

Long hours spent in anticipation

They arrive at their destination and the mood shifts

To that of the determination they will need

Today

Moments they think cannot be forgotten

Turn to hours that stretch long past any imagination

How many sad eyes have they seen?

How many souls that never had a chance?

Push on through the endlessness of

Today

Suddenly they find themselves in tomorrow

Back in that lonely truck

Carrying angels with memories no soul should bear

Down the long road home

Praying that they made a difference

And knowing they would make the same journey again

Tomorrow

The animals are what brought us here

So they have a place to forget fear

A haven safe from the world so bleak

From deeds we find it hard to speak

This world we built is safe and warm

A comfort from life’s raging storm

Though cold winds blow so harsh by night

Our animals have found the light

This place is just a stepping stone

To a new and happy loving home

Though some can’t be saved and are given sleep

They cross the rainbow bridge in love so deep

Our hearts are open night and day

And for each soul we simply pray

Find our haven safe and live

Our love forever will we give

At the moment I am sleeping – And I drift up out away

I feel your hands upon me – You are begging me to stay

I feel heavy in my heart – Your loneliness so clear

But I drift up out away – Though I still feel you near

I am standing on the river bed – In a place I know is home

Not the one you made for me – This one is just my own

My body feels so light – No more aches do I feel

I gaze up out away – Not a dream now, this is real

My old friends gather round me – I see mother and my kin

Her happiness bombards me – I feel her in my skin

I bound and play like old times – Chasing my delight

Forever in the sunshine – Forever in the light

Remember me please for I was once here

And you held me close to calm all my fear

Remember me please for I knew your smile

When your gaze held me long and I’d stare for a while

Remember me please for I knew your heart

And it took me in, right from the start

I remember you, the first human who cared

And I’ll never let go of those moments we shared

Forget the tears that you cried because I had to go

But remember you loved me, always let it show

While I may not remember my steps over that bridge

I carry on with my journey across this great ridge

I’ll remember your kindness in this happy place

And know you’ll never forget my sweet gentle face

For all of those we couldn’t save

We held you close and we were brave

For all of those whose time had come

We gave you hope where there was none

For all of those who couldn’t stay

We let you go and then we prayed

For all of you who had to cross

We felt the sadness of your loss

For all of you who now are free

Forever in our hearts you’ll be