Safe Families "Spoken Word" Video

I encourage you to check out this video from Michael Pherez.  A few of us from our leadership team were able to meet him and hear his "spoken word" in person when we attended the Safe Families Conference in CA earlier this year.  Michael is a gifted young man from Chicago, who has a heart for vulnerable children.  Below are the words he speaks in his Safe Families video.  Check it out!

http://vimeo.com/42731047

IMAGINE---a MOTHER LOST in her ROLE,
HER SOUL, DIM!----A FADE IN HER GLOW!
HEAVY LADENED BY A LACK of LOVE!
And a dose of ABUSE---AND DRUGS---IMPRISONED
WITH a PINCH of HOMELESSNESS to wake her up to the HOPELESSNESS!
THAT AWAITS HER GASPING LUNGS---

 

UNDONE, SHE LONGS TO SOW A LOVE she's never KNOWN
TO REACH OUT TO THE SHE---SHE'S never GROWN---INTO!
IN-3
IN-4
IN-10 YEARS, LOST & TOSSED!
BY THE WAVES OF GOODBYES
THAT ABANDONED HER AGAIN AND AGAIN!

 

A GEM, UNDISCOVERED IN THE ROUGH-OF-THE-TOUGH-
OF-THE-CUFFS THAT KEEP HER BOUND AND KEEP US WONDERING!

 

PONDERING HER FREEDOM---
CALCULATING---
THE COST ALREADY PAID
THE DROSS ALREADY UNMADE
BY THE CROSS ALREADY BRAVED!

BY THE ONE WHO WAVES HER BACK INTO A HOME SHE'S NEVER KNOWN
TO A FAMILY SHE'S NEVER GROWN!

 

BIBLICAL HOSPITALITY---TO MUTE THE SOUND OF HOSTILITY
UNCONDITIONALLY LOVE FOR THY NEIGHBOR
THE STRANGER
THE ANGER
LEFT TO HANG-HER AND HIM
AND KIDS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE

 

LITTLE HEARTS HURT
FOR A RIDDLE---
MOTHERS AND FATHERS STRUGGLE TO SOLVE---

 

SURE-LOCKED HOMES
NOW OPENED
HOPE-IN THE FORM OF ME AND YOU
TO HEAL THE BROKE-IN THE FORM OF THEM!

ALL TO ENCOUNTER EXTRAVAGANCE
REDEMPTION (IN) THE FORM OF HIM!
BECAUSE LOVINGS' THE MISSION
WITHOUT CONDITION --GOD PLEASED
BECAUSE WE THE CHURCH RADICALLY REDEFINED INTO A PEOPLE WHOSE DESIRE IS MORE THAN SUNDAY MEETINGS
WITH OUT SOMEDAY MEETING -- HIS WONDERFULLY MADE CHILD

 

A FAITH OPEN TO THE MESSY REALITY TRAPPED IN LITTLE EARS AND EARS -- TEARS TO MUCH TO HANDLE
LITTLE HEARTS AND HANDS TO NUMB TO FEEL LOVE TO CONFUSED TO ENCOUNTER ITS BEAUTY
LITTLE ANGELS WAITING FOR YOU AND ME TO REFUSE THEIR ABUSE --POWER
TO REFLECT A LOVE BRIGHT ENOUGH TO OPEN THE EYES OF THEIR SLOWLY BEATING HEARTS THAT SPARKLE
TO SHOW US WHAT WE WERE MADE FOR
WHAT HE DIED FOR
THE RED LETTERS OF LOVING THY NEIGHBOR
THE STRANGER NOT ACCEPTING THE DANGER OF OVERLOOKING THE HUMAN
FLESH AND BLOOD
BECAUSE WE ARE TO CONCERNED WITH THE FINE PRINT
THE MESS AND THE FLOOD OF THE SCARY DETAILS THAT CAUSE OF TO SELFLESSLY INHALE
THE PURPOSE OF HIS BLOOD ON A CROSS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THEIR LIVES ONCE LOST BUT NOW FOUND
NOW SAFE WITH A FAMILY THAT TOOK THE RISK TO STEP INTO THE UNKNOWN
TO BECOME A SAFE FAMILY!