Love,
~T
Ruth
I began with a man He and his family His two sons Chose me Chose her Took us to a new home The white horse came Death fell upon Elimelech fell upon Mahlon and Chilion Mother sweet mother where shall we go? What will you have us do? You’ve heard from the Lord Your God Found life found food Traveling with you mother through the desert along the road Gravel in my sandals I’m so hot The sun beating down on my body My thirst begins to consume me Her thirst too Oh mother can’t we stop Please mother just one rest she said Sister must not stop Keep up with mother stay with her Judah we made it to Judah Mother wants us to leave, why would I leave mother? She would be alone I’ve connected with her bonded with her She has blessed us Asking the Lord to bless us to keep us safe Guide their hands she says Guide their footsteps she says Go go away from me now I have nothing left to give you my heart is broken my womb is empty There is no child at my breast Their bones have left us nothing I no longer have a husband neither do you Go back to your family Your mother your father Make a new life for yourselves Meet other men go out with them Don’t think of me Don’t think of the empty bones The white horse came and left us nothing Go Go Go leave now We are still young Still beautiful we could have a chance I could have a chance Must not go should stay with Naomi Orpah too Stay together live together She’s gone my sister is gone Left us with a kiss and said farewell Mother tells me I’m foolish that I’m stubborn Go she says Your sister-in-law is smart Making a new life for herself Why doesn’t mother understand? I DON’T WANT TO LEAVE HER just want to be Exist close to her I can not leave you Not now Not ever Mother I’ll follow you to the grave I love you Ruth you don’t give up easily Follow me Go with me I still believe you’re foolish So young and beautiful Wasted Made it to Bethlehem the town is so strange people are so different here Women and men were pointing at us They know our story know what happened Word travels fast Naomi takes care of me she takes care of us Becomes angry tells them how God has changed our world Destroyed her life But life went on Time continued I tell Naomi I should work find food Contribute to our life Put on my sandals My gardening clothes and I’m out of the door I work endlessly The sun is beating down again hot against my body sweat soaking through A man approaches me Lets me know he’s been watching me I’m blushing So tall and handsome I’m hanging onto his words I let mother know what he said I am always welcome in his garden Welcome to pick up some of his harvest He makes me feel special lets me take more then what I was taking at first makes his servants leave me extra Wants to make sure my stomach is full Boaz should marry you he would take care of you Never lift a finger Not worries for the rest of your life or mine Go to him mother says visit his chambers respectfully Put on your red dress look your best Ruth this is our chance Your time to shine I sit across the room waiting on him to realize that I’m here feeling a bit foolish but must obey my mother She knows best I’ve startled him doesn’t recognize me without the dirt on my face and grass on my knees Lets me know I look amazing Before we can be must find another man find out if he wants me He has first choice Boaz has to wait impatiently but he obeys the law of his God Mothers God I stay with him through the crowing of the rooster Wants me to sneak away making sure no one knows I’ve been there they can’t get the wrong impression they must not know secret is safe Sends me back to mother not empty handed I’m home with enough food to last us Mother thanks her God He she says is the one who made this possible believes I’ve found favor in his eyes I explain what happened that I must wait find out if this other man other relative wants me does not matter what I want wishing it would just be over Just want to be with Boaz He is in the city now At the table of men deciding my future My future wish it were mine Want to own it Want to be it But I am a woman and can not think for myself they think I made the decision to come here Why must my future be left to them? The man declines does not want me does not want the Inheritance of my father-in-law Boaz agrees to take the land Boaz takes me So thankful what I wanted came true there is a God Boaz my husband I am his He is mine We are one The night is long but cool Moon is full he kisses me softly whispers of my beauty of his love for me Naomi is proud of me She knows I’ve done this for her saved our lives Boaz has me in his grasp forever nine months pass Our son Our fruit Our Obed Baby boy stay forever sweet baby boy Naomi cares for him changes him bathes him what a love she has for him Grown up serving God Loving me Loving his father Naomi smiles at me holds him close and we thank God together.
Based on The Book of Ruth.
Work Cited
Coogan, Michael, Marc Brettler, and Carol Newsom. The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version. 3rd. New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 2007. 392-397. Print.
