08/07/2023
Grab a box of tissues folks! Sad, then the love of a rescuer. 😭😭
THE HUMAN HAND By Anne.M.Kenyon
I didnt ask to be your pet,
You said you wanted me.
I was taken away from the world I knew,
Though not unwillingly.
Id learned to trust the human hand,
With its soft and gentle touch,
So patiently I waited for
The caress I loved so much.
I meant no harm that day I screeched,
I just wanted you to see
That someone lived behind those bars,
I thought you had forgotten me.
Then the human hand I loved so much
Came through my tiny door;
But it offered me no gentleness
As it knocked me to the floor.
A feeling welled inside of me,
Like I had never known.
I felt frightened, hurt, confused and lost
Within the bars of my new home.
But patiently I waited
For that hand to treat me right,
But it rarely came to bring me food,
And there were no toys in sight.
In boredom and in loneliness,
In hunger and despair
I slowly ripped my feathers out,
But no one helped, you didnt care.
So I learned to hate the human hand
As it slammed down on my cage,
It held a brand new meaning now,
Fear, pain and rage.
And then one day a stranger came,
And to my great surprise,
Gentle words came from her mouth,
And tears welled in her eyes.
But then the terror filled my heart,
For that human who had cried,
Opened up my tiny door,
And put those human hands inside.
I screamed in panic, fear and dread,
As I waited for the pain
That the human hand would give me
As it slammed me once again.
But gently I was lifted
From my prison, cold and bare;
But still I bit at those human hands
In my terror and despair.
The new place that I was taken to
Was somewhat different to my home.
Fresh food was all around me,
And toy friends to call my own.
And the human hands that touched me
Brought on me no more pain,
And slowly as the weeks went by,
My ravaged feathers grew again.
And as the weeks passed into months,
I began to understand,
That once again I could begin
To trust the human hand.
Im old now, really very old;
But my memories are clear,
Of the gentle hand that soothed the pain
From the hand Id learned to fear.
Im tired now, really very tired,
Many years my life has spanned,
So I close my eyes for one last time,
Safe and warm in the human hand.
