Aubrey

Aubrey

It can almost drive one mad at times, so many needing help,
sadly  not able to assist,
many out of work, rent due, food needed, yet help is difficult to find. 
Today met someone who needed help. 
Her name was Aubrey;
her rent was due, no food, and a child who was 13 years old.  
I did what I could, not much, and we just talked.  
In the end when she was leaving, I said:   “I will pray for you”,
such a hollow sounding phrase,
 yet I meant it……for there are so many.

I gave her one of my wrist knotted ropes,
a reminder of my concern
and prayers.

She has friends, for one drove her out to see me;
she was a very good women,
she ran from her first home with her son,
away from her husband who beat her, so at least she got away,
yet now she struggles like many, many others.
A situation so archetypal that it could be seen as ordinary,
yet when face to face with the reality
the uniqueness of each stands out
in deep color.

Burdens heavy we all have, yet I was perhaps able to help a little,
though not as much as I wanted to,
yet God is with her, she is on a journey,  a loving mother,
weighed down true, but in her eyes I saw she was determined to go on,
not a quitter,
a deep soul filled with love for her child.

In the end, is it not love, and its fruit
that keeps us going,
taking one step in faith after another?