Whatsmynameagain?

Here on Mercy Street

We let people steal our cars

Addicts play with our children

We tear down societal bars

Here on Mercy Street

We eat food from unclean hands

Cockroach offerings in the kitchen

Rust encrusted pots and pans

Here on Mercy Street

Our house is unlovingly tagged

We paint it over with a heart

See? It’s not so bad

Here on Mercy Street

We befriend the homeless children

They have fun smashing bottles

In the community garden

Here on Mercy Street

Old men share our Thanksgiving Dinner

One gifts his mother’s old drinking glasses

He’s dead now, but they serve as a reminder

Here on Mercy Street

Jesus steals money from our business

He came in the form of a deadbeat

My first of many lessons in forgiveness

Here on Mercy Street

The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away

Come join us on Mercy Street

It is the only way