If I could only open my heart, and say what I truly feel,
Would anyone really listen, to what my broken heart conceals.
It starts with a trip I made yesterday, to the busy city streets, …
To rescue a beautiful dog called Ren, who’d no home and nothing to eat.
Now Ren is a beautiful Collie, Like Lassie we all know the kind,
Who someone had dumped with no mercy, were his owners really that blind?
Ren roamed many days in the city, if only we knew where he’d been.
We can’t know the way that he’s feeling, we can’t see the things that he’s seen,
Was Ren ever loved in the first place? If only we really knew,
We only know somebody dumped him, could that someone really be you?
I’ve sat and I’ve thought and I’ve wondered, in the end all I do is just cry,
Why did someone take this poor creature, and just leave him somewhere to die?
He’s gentle and loving and trusting, his faith in mankind is still there,
So why did his owner not love him? why did his owner not care?
This breed is so gentle and loving, will always give of its best,
If only man were that faithful, when he were put to the test.
If only he would consider, that these animals have feelings too,
If only he’d stop and remember, they hurt just like me and like you.
Well Ren has a lovely new home now, where he’ll be loved and cuddled and fed,
He’ll be taken for walks in the morning, and at night he’ll be taken to bed.
So to those who would own a Rough Collie, all I have that is now left to say,
Is please don’t take on a new puppy, if you’re just going to throw it away,
This breed needs to be loved and wanted, and is always ready to learn,
So why take on a Rough Collie and leave him with nowhere to turn,
Please before taking a Collie, stop and think can you give him the time,
For there is no more faithful companion, than this loving Rough Collie of mine,
He’ll guard and he’ll love and protect you, give his life if it needs to be so,
So please don’t just take him and dump him, and leave him with nowhere to go,
If he needs more love and attention, than you are able to give,
Then please call ROUGH COLLIE RESCUE, and at least give him somewhere to live.