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N.P.R.P.F.
Proudly Presents
Parrot Festival 2008

George the NPRPF Rescue Awareness Bird
passed over the Rainbow Bridge on July 3, 2003

Hope is the Thing with Feathers

by Emily Dickenson

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops, at all.

Amd sweetest, in the Gale, is heard
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm

I've heard it in the chillest land
And on the strangest Sea
Yet, never, in Extremity
It asked a crumb, of Me.
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George taught us "The Meaning of Rescue"

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.

Hmmm...Yes, there it is, right on top,
Let's unpack Lonliness, Heartache and Loss,
And there by my perch hides my Fear and Shame.
As I look on these things I tried to 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?

-Author Unknown-