Look At That Face

Look At That Face! Before I was yours there was a time when I could not go outside. I would stay all day in this concrete cage and the days would pass me by. Many people scuffled through this dark and dusty place; each time they looked but passed me by for a softer, younger face. For three long years, here I'd wait in this cold decrepit place. Just waiting for the day you'd come and say 'Look at that face!' Through all this time I wagged my tail, hoping and believing that someday you would come and see far past my size and wrinkles. At my first home... There, they were nice, until two weeks past and twice my size. They didn't foresee my growth or my playful puppy ways. They didn't account for training, or the messes I might make so here I was left to stay in this cold concrete cage. Until the day you came and said 'Look at that face!' Now here I am today, in this sunny grassy place. I fetch and I obey at the moment that you say. Soon we go inside to the comfy furnished space where you lay down on your bed and I stretch out by your side. You stroke my head, I wag my tail and here we say no more, for here I am today; happy, healthy, and forever home. A Note From The Author:::... I have 4 rescue dogs, one with epilepsy and 2 cats I rescued as strays. I feel the ones who've had a difficult life appreciate and treasure our love more. You'll have a lot to learn about a rescue fur-baby but it's well worth it for the love they give back to you.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011



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Date: 2/6/2012 10:55:00 AM
Lovely and sweet poem ceep on writhing my friend.....- oxox love Anne-Lise
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Date: 11/23/2011 9:03:00 PM
This is so sweet! I can just picture a dog in a shelter, thinking these things. Kim
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Mistylove Lopez
Date: 11/26/2011 10:40:00 AM
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I wrote this poem while I was volunteering at my local humane society, about 4 years ago. During my year there I learned a lot about dogs and why they end up in shelters and about the special type of people who adopt them into their families. I also learned about loss, but I keep a special place in my heart for each one. Thanks for reading & commenting. xoxo, Char
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