Whose To Blame?

I watched my dog give birth one morn to 10 new healthy pups,
It was the most amazing sight I think I'll ever see.
She protected, fed and nurtured them until they all grew up,
It happened quick and naturally,
Ten lives bore so tenderly,
In retrospect, it occurred to me,
A life is so precious, no two the same,
If taken for granted then whose to blame?

I watched a man beat his dog while muzzled and restrained,
It made me sick, it made me mad, to think he could be so cruel.
There should be repercussions for acts, so inhumane,
A higher court for abused animals, to combat inflicted pain.
With tougher laws, more stringent rules,
To deal with cowardly, abusive fools.
I watched this horror with helpless shame,
I asked my God, whose to blame?

I saw where some teens beat a helpless cat then set it's fur on fire,
It sickened me as this story unfurled and the teens were put on trial,
I clenched my teeth in silent rage, to still my vengeful desire.
These hateful acts on defenseless creatures, so ludicrous and vile
How can people stoop so low?
Where did their compassion go?
And in the end, when the verdict came,
There was no fault, there was no blame.

What's the price,
Of our disdain?
The Devil's reprise,
Is a bitter game.
If we let it remain the same,
We're all at fault,
We're all to blame.

Dogs forced to fight in a center ring, killed if they abstain,
All supported by a local hero of football wealth and fame,
The misery of brutality, mental anguish and physical pain,
Where is the morality, in calling this sport a game.
Man's best friend?
Until the end?
An ironic, demonic claim,
My God, whose to blame?

What's the price? Whose to say?
Do animals matter anyway?
We should all feel dismay.
Bow our heads and walk away,
They have rights, like me and you,
What gives man the right to abuse?
We're all God's creatures, just the same.

And in the end, come judgement day,
The verdicts not ours anyway,
Tears won't matter, nor solemn regrets,
Our choices will determine the sentence we get.
We'll stand heads hung, in reverent shame,
Then it won't matter whose to blame.


Copyright © August 2009
Kevin Mooney

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