Empty Bowl

The eyes of hungry shelter pup
Who's licked his empty bowl...
You see,They're not just looking up.
They're looking in your soul.

As if they begged: " Look, I'm alive!.
And this is not my fault!
Like you, like them I must survive
In this unhappy world!

But while you have the right to run
Your only precious life,
I have to be your slave or fun
In order to survive."

I said to him:"You're not my slave.
You are my friend in need!
You do not guess how well you save
My soul from hate and greed!

Alas! I cannot make you mine.
And cannot home your soul.
But since like me, you're alive,
I'll fill your empty bowl."