Baggage- A Poem about Rescue dogs.
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Baggage- A Poem about Rescue dogs.
Submitted by BentleySlaves on April 20, 2010 - 10:51pmI found this online this afternoon and loved it. Reminds me of my sweet Deliah and so many that have come through our doors.
Enjoy...
Now that I'm home, bathed, settled and fed,
All nicely tucked in my warm new bed.
I'd like to open my baggage lest I forget
There is so much to carry - So much to regret.
Hmm . . . Yes there it is, right on the top.
Let's unpack Loneliness, Heartache and Loss;
And there by my leash hides Fear and Shame.
As I look on these things I tried so hard to leave –
I still have to unpack my baggage called Pain.
I loved them, the others, the ones who left me,
But I wasn't good enough - for they didn't want me.
Will you add to my baggage?
Will you help me unpack?
Or will you just look at my things -
And take me right back?
Do you have the time to help me unpack?
To put away my baggage, to never repack?
I pray that you do - I'm so tired you see,
But I do come with baggage –
Will YOU still want ME?
Thank you for sharing
It really is a beautiful poem. I always wished that I cuold take away their pain, confusion and help reassure them that that part of their life is behind them and we are looking for a home that will provide them with love, security and the attention that they all so deserve.
Again, thanks for sharing.
Such a dear poem...really worth the read!
As a rescue person, you are a special breed, apart from the rest of us! You so much good that you can probably never really grasp how far reaching it is.
THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.
Andrea, Ruby, Lola and Jigger
XXOO
I love it
Thank you for sharing this with us.
Pam, Winston, Mallie, Wesley and our very special foster girl Tillie Mae
www.photobucket.com/PamsPics
Wow Shannon
I've never seen that one...brings tears to the eyes...doesn't it..
Lisa & Molly McDolly
CRap- I snipped the author!
Evelyn Colbath
'Baggage' © 1995 Evelyn Colbath. All rights reserved.
I found this on the same site... I have to say I LIKED IT!
*A Footnote to Adopters:*
'Lassie and Cleo and Rin Tin Tin and Toto don't show up in rescue. We don't get the elegantly coiffed, classically beautiful, completely trained, perfectly behaved dog. We get the leftovers. Dogs that other people have incompetently bred, inadequately socialized, ineffectively 'trained,' and badly treated. Most Rescue dogs have had it. They've been pushed from one lousy situation to another. They've never had proper veterinary care, kind and consistent training, or sufficient company. They've lived outside, in a crate, or in the basement. They're scared, depressed and anxious. Some are angry. Some are sick. Some have given up. But we are Rescue and we don't give up. We never give up on a dog. We know that a dog is a living being, with a spirit and a heart and feelings. Our dogs are not commodities, things, or garbage. They are part of sacred creation and they deserve as much love and care and respect as the next Westminster champion. So please, please don't come to rescue in the hopes of getting a 'bargain,' or indeed of 'getting' anything. Come to Rescue to give, to love, to save a life -- and to mend your own spirit. For Rescue will reward you in ways you never thought possible. I can promise you this -- a rescue dog will make you a better person.'
~Diane Morgan, animal lover and rescuer~
(http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=11014536)