Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 18.188.241.82
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
I was inspired by the girls, "my girls"... Survivors of domestic violence that live at the shelter where I volunteer and have been blessed with the title of "House Mom". Please put them all in your prayers. For their privacy, I will refer to the girls as "They"... THEY They come to us, they're broken, Their eyes are filled with tears They've been told that they are "worthless", For far too many years! Their scars much deeper than just skin they've been stripped of their pride, they've been abused, they've been put down They feel no hope inside. They've fled the place that they called "home" The place the abuse occurred, the place where they were beaten down A place they were not heard. But now they've come to our front door To seek a place to stay, A place they can call home a while a place to help find their way. A way to new beginnings, A way to peace of mind a way to feel secure again and leave all the bad behind. We welcome them with open arms we dry the tears that fall we tell them just how beautiful they are to us all. As time goes by, we watch them grow we see them start to smile we see that sparkle in their eyes that hasn't been there for a while. We see them making brand new friends They've taken their lives back they move forward with the confidence that they no longer lack. If they could see inside my heart when we say our "good-byes", I hope they know they're in my prayers a tear falls from my eyes. I pray they make good choices to help them reach their goals I pray that the Lord will guide and protect all their precious souls. So proud to see them making their way as finally a chance to be free I pray they take the tools they've learned and make life the best it can be!!
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required