A Miracle

A young girl runs,
Out the door,
Away from the dark.
Can they see her,
She does not know.

She keeps running,
Never looking back.
She makes it to a telephone,
She doesn’t know what number to dial.
Where is she?
Everything around her is loud, car horns screech, people shout.

She picks up the receiver. She presses numbers, any numbers.
It rings, a woman answers.
Help me I am lost, they took me, they locked me up. I don’t know where I am. I want to go home.

Tell me what you see the lady says.
I see lights and men and buildings. It’s loud, I am afraid. They hurt me. I want to go home.

We will find you, don’t you worry. What is your name, where are you from?
Kindness speaks at the other end of the line.

The young girl tells her all she knows, her name, her parents, where she lived.
Kindness brightens up, I know you. I know your mother. We will find you, don’t you worry, you will be safe.

Kindness does not lie.

The young girl wakes, turns over, sees her mother’s tear filled eyes. She is safe, she is home, she is free.

Kindness did not lie.

A true story of a young girl rescued from a brothel in Manila. The lady who answered her call was a pastora from her village. They came, rescued her and brought her home. Today she is free.