0nce 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 a 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 came so near.
And as she tended to my wound 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."