[guide.chat] Rescue Dog poem

From: "Carol O'Connor" <missbossyboots33@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "guide chat" <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 08:21:25 +0100

Once I was a lonely dog,
just looking for a home.
I had no place to go,
no-one to call my own.
I wandered up and down the streets,
in rain, in heat and snow.
I ate whatever I could find,
I was always on the go.
My skin would itch, my feet were sore,
my body ached with pain.
And no-one stopped to give a pat,
or to gently say my name.
I never saw a loving glance,
I was always on the run.
For people thought that hurting me
was really lots of fun.
And then one day I heard a voice,
so gentle, kind and sweet.
And arms so soft reached down to me,
and took me off my feet.
No-one again will hurt you,
was whispered in my ear.
You'll have a home to call your own,
where you will know no fear.
You will be dry, you will be warm,
you will have enough to eat.
And rest assured that when you sleep,
your dreams will all be sweet.
I was afraid, I must admit,
I've lived so long in fear.
I can't remember when I let
a human come so near.
As she tended to my wounds,
and bathed and brushed my fur.
She told me about the Rescue Group,
and what it meant to her.
She said, We are a circle,
a line that never ends.
And in the center there is you,
protected by new friends.
 
And all around you are
the ones that check the pounds,
and those that share their home
after you've been found.
And all the other folk
are searching near and far.
To find the perfect home for you,
where you can be a star.
She said, There is a family,
that's waiting patiently.
And pretty soon, we'll find them,
just you wait and see.
And then they'll join our circle,
they'll help to make it grow.
So they'll be room for more like you,
who have no place to go.
I waited very patiently.
The days, they came and went.
Today's the day, I thought,
my family will be sent.
Then just when I began to think
it wasn't meant to be...
There were people standing there
just gazing down at me.
I could tell they felt it too.
For a special dog like you.
Now every night I say a prayer,
to all the God's that be.
Thankyou for the life I live,
and all you've given me.
But most of all, protect the dogs
in the pound and on the streets.
And send a Rescue Person,
to lift them off their feet.
[guide.chat] Rescue Dog poem

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