Baggage
---by Evelyn Colbath---
Now that I'm home, bathed, settled and fed,
All nicely tucked
into my warm new bed.
I would like to open my baggage
Lest I forget,
There is so much to carry -
So much
to regret.
Hmm..Yes there it is, right on the top-
Let's unpack Loneliness, Heartache and Loss,
And there by my leash 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 re-pack?
I pray that you do, I'm so tired you see,
But I do come with baggage -
Will
you still want me?
LEFT ON A CHAIN
I wish someone would tell me what it is I did wrong,
Why I have to stay chained
up and left so long.
They seemed so glad to have me when I came as a pup
There were so many things we'd do
while I was growing up.
They couldn't wait to train me as companion and friend,
they told me they would never
fear being left alone again.
The children said they'd feed me, said they'd brush me everyday,
They'd
play with me, walk me, said they'd love me everyday,
But now the family hasn't the time, they often say
I shed,
They won't allow me in the house, not even to be fed.
The children never walk me, they always say,
"Not now".
I wish that I could please them, won't someone tell me how?
All I have is love, you see,
I wish they would explain,
Why they said they wanted me, then left me ON A CHAIN...
