If Only...
Mary knows
the pain of
a mother
who has lost
her child
too
soon.
La Pieta
Holding her
dead son
In her arms.
Killed -
Not by
natural causes,
but at the
hands
of men,
the hands
of an
oppressive government,
and even at
the hands
of fearful,
corrupt religious leaders.
Mary was
there through it all.
As the
crowds chanted
to crucify
her baby
boy.
As they
called him
a thug,
a
criminal.
As they said
he deserved
what he was getting
for daring
to challenge the system,
for daring
to preach equality
for daring
to assert his own humanity
and
divinity.
Perhaps they
blamed her too?
If only
she had
raised him better.
If only
she had
taught him
how to obey
authority.
If only
She had
taught him
how to
respond properly
to a
question when asked.
If only
she had
taught him
to stay in
line,
to obey the
rules
to fulfill
the role
he was born
into
in his
culture and society.
Maybe then
He would
still be alive.
Maybe then
he wouldn’t
have been crucified.
Or maybe
they would
have found a reason
anyway.
© Jennifer Reyes Lay
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