illuminate... Mercy (Eswatini)

“Feeling like she had nothing else to lose, Mercy weighed her options and made a call to pick up her dusty grass mat, and a few other items, and walk out the weather-beaten door that leaked light and cold, but somehow held in the cooking smoke. The school bag was enough to carry what she needed. She hadn't been using it for school this year, due to the schools being closed for the pandemic….”