When did needing help become shameful?

When did people begin to ignore the needy one?

When did the wounded realize that it’s safer to heal in shadow?

When people quit caring

They can hurt with impunity

When people don’t stop to think about their words

They can destroy a life

When a child cries they are helped

When a grown-up cries they are pitied

When a teen cries, they are ridiculed and pushed into shadow

I know the shadow

It is where I live

Sometimes being ignored is good

But sometimes others reach in with a sword & hurt you worse

Will someone come into the shadow willingly

To coax out the frightened?

To heal the wounded?

To free the chained?

To give Hope?

Jesus did once, will His chosen not do the same??

When will people wake up

Will the wounded be helped by the people who wounded them?

Will the damage be amended for?

Tell me when

Then I will come out of the shadow.