Why!?!?…
My sister sent this out yesterday…she works for a ministry called The Eli Home…they provide housing and more for mothers and their children trying to escape from abuse and other oppressions…I have often times felt the pressure she is addressing…the pressure to look out for oneself first…the pressure to become “successful”…to make more monies…but it is so encouraging to receive a reminder such as this…they help us to remember that there is no worthier cause than freedom…so let us all continue to set the oppressed free…
If anyone ever wonders why I do what I do….please read the poem below. It was written by a past Eli Home client who is currently a 15 yr old honor roll student. Nicole recalls when her and her family “escapes” the horrible living situation they were in. This was 10 years ago, for those that may think kids are too young to remember or know what’s going on, this clearly proves otherwise. Nicole and her family remain very close to The Eli Home, she shared this with me yesterday and feel it clearly describes the work of The Eli Home.
Lisa
Escape
Dark and scary
Trapped involuntarily
No where to go
Bruises she will show.
The families concern
Safety she will yearn
Five kids to save
She must be brave
She must get out
There’s no one to hear her shout
Slowly she is dying
Can no one hear her crying?
There is a beating on the wall
They all hear her fall
She sits in disbelief
When will she get relief
The kids gather round
And pick her up off the ground
They tell her it will be okay
That they will get away someday
Hoping and wishing it will be soon
Then one day around noon
He sleeps, passed out
Without a doubt
She gathers all five kids
Puts a hand over their mouths like lids
They must not make a sound
Hopefully he won’t hear her strong heart pound
They’re out the door
Dare she take a step more
They pile into the car
Leaving behind everything but the scar
The engines roars
Her spirit soars
They are safe…
They are free.
-Nicole
Thanks. I am 15 and it makes me cry to read that.
Cassie