Turn Away

I believe in animal rights. And high among them is the right to the gentle stroke of a human hand.
~ Robert Brault

TURN AWAY
By Tammy C. Smith

Please don’t turn away from me I need your eyes to see
How I suffer every day as just a meal to be.
Please don’t turn away from me I need your ears to hear
Silent screams of death too soon in man my greatest fear.
Please don’t turn away from me I need your voice to speak
Because I am unable to but blessed are the meek.
Please don’t turn away from me I need your heart to feel
This pain I live, but I know your love for me could heal.
Please don’t turn away from me I need your soul to be
Moved and touched and reaching for. Why am I not free?
Please don’t turn away from me I need your hand to touch
Feel my fur and lonely heart. Compassion I need much.