A Rescuer

A Rescuer
by Melinda Judd

A Rescuer is one who cares
What happens to the abandoned & scared
They are in their own right
A breed that is rare
They have mixed emotions
Of joy & despair

For those who rescue
There is no other way
They ask themselves many times
What would happen if I stopped today?
How many more lives could I have saved?

Hours on computers, phone calls and e-mails
Pleading for compassion
Crying when we fail
Wondering if
We've exhausted all contacts
Emotionally straining
And that one awful fact.

"We can't save them all"
We wish that we could
The problem could be solved
If only people would:

Spay & neuter the pets in their homes
Then rescue one more
And make him your own
But most important
I have to say
Is love them forever
Don't throw them away.