Handicapped German Shepherd Poem by Saiom Shriver

I watched a German Shepherd,
Cayuga, for my friend while she
was in India for six months.

Cayuga had hip dysplasia.
I would help her in and out
of my friend's car.

One day thinking
perhaps this was enabling
her and that she might develop
shoulder
muscles if I refrained.....

praying, I then opened one of 72 books
of my teacher's lectures at random to
the quote 'Be content if your seva (service)
is to lift a lame lamb over a stile.'