Kim Rodrigues Poet Couplet

Crib of Bethlehem

CRIB OF BETHLEHEM 

Do all pets go to heaven? Do they all cross the rainbow bridge?
Do you have to love the stuffings out of them? Pay the toll bridge?

Are they puppies or full grown crops? How will we know it’s them?
Will they be found by our Savior’s side — by the crib of Bethlehem?

Will we find ours, intact with an appetite to be our playmates?
Did they follow the light? Did they make it through the pearly gates?

Those sucker-punched, bruised and broken - surely God them?
Surely your cross trembled in the woods next to the inn of Bethlehem?

Dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, parrots - do they have souls?
Turtles, fish, snakes - do some face the fiery coals?

Do all pets go to heaven? Are they purehearted blessed?
Surely Lord, as the royal tables laid, they’re found in your rest?

8/17/2020
Contest: All Pets Go To Heaven
Sponsor: Constance La France

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Constance La France August 31, 2020 at 10:29 AM Kim, congratulations on your win in my All Pets Go to Heaven challenge, do they have souls? If you ask any animal lover the answer will be YES and I believe that too _Constance Kim Rodrigues September 1, 2020 at 3:30 PM All kinds of personalities! Have you read any James Herriot books? Such great true stories. Hugs!

Newton Ranaweera August 27, 2020 at 2:32 PM A great piece, indeed!! Congratulations, Kim, on your win!! Kim Rodrigues August 28, 2020 at 7:57 AM Thank you, Newton!

Anne-Lise Andresen August 25, 2020 at 12:28 PM - "Dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, parrots - do they have souls?" ... I'm sure they have - Lovely poem, Kim :) - Congratulations on your win :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Kim Rodrigues August 25, 2020 at 1:50 PM Thank you, Anne-Lise!