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05-03-2009, 04:47 PM   #1

The Meaning of Rescue


This one was one at the rescue:

The Meaning of Rescue

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.

Hmmm...Yes, there it is, right on the top,
Let's unpack Loneliness, Heartache and Loss,
And there by my perch 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?

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05-03-2009, 04:50 PM   #2

Re: The Meaning of Rescue


That's really lovely RCR - I wonder who wrote that? They knew something didn't they?



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05-03-2009, 05:05 PM   #3

Re: The Meaning of Rescue


What a lovely moving poem sort of sad but not sad.....



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06-03-2009, 02:58 PM   #4

Re: The Meaning of Rescue


Sweet poem RCR You find great poems & write great poems as well
Kitties are so wonderful & rescuing them feels so wonderful



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10-10-2010, 09:15 PM   #5

Re: The Meaning of Rescue


I've finally found the version that the rescue have up:

The Meaning Of Rescue

Now that I’m home, bathed, settled and fed,
All nicely tucked up in my new bed,
I’d like to open my baggage, lest I forget.
There is so much to carry, so much to regret.

Hmmm…. Yes, there it is, right on the top,
Let’s unpack loneliness, heartache and loss
And there beneath hides fear and shame
I still have to unpack my baggage called pain.
I loved them - the others, why couldn’t they see
But I wasn’t good enough - for they didn’t want me.

Will you carry my baggage, will you help me unpack,
Or will you look at my things and take me right back?
Do you have the time to help me recover;
The joy of living - to help me discover?
I pray that you do - I’m so tired you see,
But I do come with baggage, will you still want me?

Author Unknown



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