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Originally Posted by matese  Congratulations on your new fur baby. As you know, with rescues we never know what their past has been like. To me it sounds like she is scared that you will leave her. She needs reassurance that she is loved and in her forever home. A while ago I came upon this poem and kept it for "just in case". I give this poem to you.  A Poem
Now that I'm all 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.
Hmmmmm, 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? |
Matese what a wonderful poem. Tells so well what is borne. We have no answers only love to be shown. We enter a forest with dim vision, as we care for this rescue.
This poem is so very reminiscent of my fosters. To every one that wanted to love me. Some outright some retisicent. Some hard some soft. They all struggled with this very new home. With big male and females and a Yorkie proudly here. We figured it out, with safety to all.
I love the baggage the fosters come with. I commit to lifting that baggage from them.