Invisible Ink

Not Giving Up

Not giving up what does that really mean?

I thought as I watched her climb a flight of stairs

Why did she not ask for aid?

She barely walked

More like crawled up the endless staircase

Her single shaking foot took one step........ then another

Tears rimmed my eyes

As she tripped and fell on her face

Others looked on in scorn

Their gossiping lips curled in menacing smiles

Their laughed came to me as the sound of snakes

And their on looking faces looked like that of ogres

I watched in horror as the girl struggled to grab the railing

Her nose now covered in a strange red liquid

I dashed to her side

With a hanky in hand

She looked at me with determined tear-filled eyes

And continued forward forgetting my offer to help

I watched legs shaking, unable to breathe

What was this?

She reached the top of the stairs with heavy breaths

Nearly collapsing

She stumbled over to a table with a first aid kit on it

She then took it between her teeth and continued down the flight once again

She took nearly fifteen minutes to walk down twenty stairs

I stood tears drenching my face

Each second made my heart bleed

My legs barely supporting me

My thoughts yelling, silence those fools!

Who jeer at such an angel

Staggering she fell off the last step

On to her pretty little face

She lay there for a moment as if shackled to the floor

Why?

She crawled over to one of the mocking fools

And said these words

"I saw you cut your finger...

She said between pants

Please allow me to help you."

Everyone stopped the room was silent.

Except for her heavy breaths

I darted over to her side

Gathering her up in my arms and cried out

"How dare you all!

This angel offered you nothing but her care and tears

She wallowed in shame and endeared your jeers

Why my sweet child did you do something like this?

For this horrible bunch, who cared nothing for you?"

She replied with no shame

"I did it for His Name!

For He did the same!"