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?


   -Author Unknown-
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