I bought a cute puppy at the pet store - Moe's Story

                                                                                                          BAGGAGE

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. 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 repack? I
pray that you do - I'm so tired you see, But I do
come with baggage - Will you still want me?
----Evelyn Colbath - 1995