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Mary

I wonder if Mary even wanted to give 

birth to Jesus  

 

if asked would she have said yes to become undressed of skin 

clothes in Chapel 

 

 a flesh sacrifice  

 

she birthed God's child but God gets all 

the credit 

 

 she gets all the trauma of 

never been called mother 

only bother. 

 

people forget that Jesus was her son and 

then their Savior  

 

but that is the only way 

people seem to remember a black girls 

murder is as a sacrifice  

hmm  

 

a revelation 

 

That even in death black 

people are still contributing to better 

society 

 

 the mother in me wants to know 

 

why do we tell Mary not to weep 

 

how dare 

we tell a woman she's not warned her son 

 

or even question her purpose  

 

does Mary 

the first example of a woman being used 

for a greater purpose. 

 

am I supposed to 

be happy that I was selected to be 

angel and not alive no my son was not 

crucified

Copyright © Kwyn Townsend Riley | Year Posted 2022


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Date: 5/14/2022 4:38:00 AM

Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (This is like the poem of Tony Roads)

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