A Praying Mom

She was the life of the party,
She was young, bold and beautiful,
And that night she was heading to a party
And before she left her house several of her male friends
Stopped by, one after the other in a desperate attempt
To be her escort to the party.
She knew that her masculine entourage was captivated by her charm,
And she loved the attention and the flirt that would occur.
She was filled with vitality and her presence was like a gush of fresh air,
Life was grand and she did not have time to be bored.
She was on the scene, in the limelight,
But behind the scenes and on her knees ,
Was a praying mom that would intercede day and night for her daughter.
Her mom would warn her but she only saw
an old lady with the face wrinkled by a hard life,
With an old fashion speech;
and she forgot that her mom used
To be eighteen and young with a keen sense of observation
That night her boyfriend picked her up
And as they were on their way to the party,
Another car ambushed theirs and two masked men,
ordered them to get out of the car, at gunpoint
Her boyfriend was killed with one gun shot,
And she was thrown on the ground
And one of her attackers told her that
He would kill her but slowly and watch
Her beg for mercy until she would fall into the deepest sleep.
She had a vague feeling that this guy was someone that she rejected in the past but she was too disoriented to give that idea too much thought.
He pulled a knife and started to cut her pretty dress in pieces,
She was in tears and looked toward her boyfriend who
Was lifeless on the ground she knew that her fate was sealed.
Her make-up was washed by her tears,
Her beautiful hair do was like a battlefield
And the fear that was pounding in her heart was her only facial expression
And her attacker was enjoying the show.
So she closed her eyes and said,
“Lord I know that I have been out of control and you might not even know me but please remember my mom’s prayers and rescue me…”
and something happened, she started speaking in unknown tongues and her predators got scared and they asked her what she was saying, and the one that pinched her to the ground was really shaken and said, I think this chick is crazy, she is putting a curse on us, I can’t feel my hands, and he looked at her in a great fear as if he has seen a ghost and both of them ran in their car and drove off. She sat there in the cold of the night and shaken by all that happened and the tears were like a veil on her face . A few minutes later, a couple who drove by, noticed her and quickly stopped to check on her. They called the police, and they kept her company until the authorities arrived. Later on that day, when she was reunited with her mom, she melted in her arms and said, “He gave me a second chance, Mom” and they hugged each other with a grateful heart and they knew that their relationship will never be the same.