I think this is the
most precious and beautiful photograph I have seen in a long
time.....God bless this lady and all animal saviours
everywhere ♥
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 what ever 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'll 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.
And as she tended to my wounds
And bathed and
brushed my fur
She told me 'bout 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 there'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 knew them in a heart beat,
I could tell
they felt it too.
They said, "We have been waiting
for
a special dog like you."
Now every night I say a
prayer
to all the gods that be.
"Thank you for the
life I live
and all you've given me.
But most of all
protect the dogs
in the pound and on the street.
And
send a Rescue Person
to lift them off their
feet."
~ Author: Arlene
Pace