Just a poem

[Sudilar]

Today, with all the thoughts of rescues that have been successful and those that haven't, I thought I would write down some of my thoughts about dogs in kill shelters:

RESCUED

I sit alone
So far from home,
Looking out at all the scared faces.
Families gone, left no traces.

That day, I jumped right into the car.
We hadn’t driven very far.
I thought, “The park!!”
I started to bark!!

Wait!!
What is my fate?
This is no park!
There are no trees, it’s way too dark.

Where are THEY taking me?
How can this be?
Why don’t YOU look back at me??
Why won’t you see?
What are they going to do to me?

I sit here alone in a cell.
Is that fear all around me, I smell?
Now, a long time has passed
Since I saw you last…

I guess you’ll not be coming back for me.
How long did you own me?
Two years? No, three!
I loved you dearly, did you not love me?

Today is bright and sunny and clear.
Number 1996, my number, I hear.
The worker approaches and says with a sigh
Number 1996, with a tear in her eye.

Is she happy, is she sad?
I can’t tell..that’s bad.
As we walk down the hall
I’m so nervous, I fall.

She gently lifts me up and tells me today
That I will be able to run and to jump and to play
With the angels, she says, who will be taking me away.
What does she mean? What does she say??

We get to the door, do we go through the blue?
Where happy people wait patiently with children, too!
Do we go through the amber?
That hides the gas chamber.

How did I get to this moment in time?
I stand here healthy, in my prime!
This point in time, I know, must be braved,
Because either door, TODAY I GET SAVED.

Composed through many tears by:
Sue

[aly]

I've never cried so much from a Pet Talk post. I hope the poem will open some people's eyes.

Its so beautiful, Sue. You put the saddest thing into words. Thank you for sharing.

[lovemymaltese]

My eyes are swelled up with tears, Thanks for sharing.

[Sudilar]

I was writing it through Killian's eyes. That's what he saw.

Thank you, aly.

[Aspen and Misty]

Wow. I haven't cried this much in awile. That is so sad but happy at teh same time that the puppy got saved!

[Stenograsaurus]

Dang you, Sue. I am sitting here at work with tears streaming down my face. What a touching poem. It should be posted at every shelter and rescue center.

[jackiesdaisy1935]

Sue, the poem was wonderful, it was very tough to read through tears, it should be out there for everyone to read.
Jackie, Miss Daisy and Perry

[Ann]

Oh God, I'm crying... That was horribly sad... So goddamn true though. It makes me so sad to know things like this really happens. It's a bad world...

[Sudilar]

Thanks! I guess it just gets so discouraging when you see an adorable pup rescued and a long comes another needing to be saved. You just can't save them all, but boy it hurts not to.

Just this week on the GSD bb, a few pups were saved which was wonderful watching everyone pull together, BUT there was this one haunted soul that no one could find room for. THAT one haunted me. I did find someone to take him, but GOOD NEWS, he was already saved. It just hurts to think that if this angel of a lady (who already has a number of rescued dogs) didn't want him, he would have been gassed!

I guess every attempt at making a difference, is worth a shot.

I put those feelings together recalling how I watched my Killian escape from the leash of the worker who was taking him out of his cell. He made a mad dash around the shelter, running up and down the lines of cells (big shelter) til I caught him and calmed him down. I will never forget it, nor the eager faces I saw watching.....

[DoggiesAreTheBest]

So sad but true Perhaps if people read something like it, it would make them think twice before they do somthng so horrible!

[ramanth]

Sue, that was not "Just a poem", that was a beautiful poem.

So touching... all I could think of was Kia in the shelter.