Perspective: A Purim Poem

The search had just begun, She did not want to be the one She tried her best to remain Unseen.

But they found her in a heartbeat, The king felt his life was complete When he saw the girl he took her as His queen.

She never did refuse, For she wasn’t allowed to choose With whom she wanted to spend Her life.

Her faith she had to hide, To find out the king tried But no answer would ever come from His wife.

She lived in solitude, The king called when in the mood She stayed inside with no one she Could trust.

The one from whom she had nothing to hide, Was forced to stay outside Her uncle warned her to keep her roots hidden She must.

Then tragedy befell, For her nation Yisrael And to risk her life Esther Was forced.

Willing to lose everything, She came before the king Thankfully G-d made the king feel Remorse.

She invited him to come, Along with evil Haman To a party in their honor The three just.

Her people believed the worst, They thought Esther accursed For drinking with the enemy without Disgust.

But it was all part of her plan, To get rid of the man Who was planning to get rid of Her nation.

A second party she held, And before Achashverosh she fell Pleading for her and her people’s Salvation.

Haman was put to death, And the Jews could take a breath And Purim became a day we Celebrate.

We see Purim as a day, To laugh and party away But for a minute change your perspective Just wait.

Think how Esther must have felt, During the situations with which she dealt How she put her nation’s survival before Her own.

She decided to be brave, And with G-d’s help her nation was saved Would you have had the courage She showed?