the gauze of sadness
under strands of gossamer
woven together
forming a net,
a covering, a veil
a shroud over her vision
a veil of her sorrow
looking down,
into her Son’s face
through the fabric
the web before her
staring down at Christ
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edited March
28, 2015
a veil of her
sorrow – v9
(editing
version 4)
edited March 28, 2015
a veil of her sorrow – v8
(editing version 2)
edited March 28, 2015
a veil of her sorrow – v7
(editing version 6, adding one more stanza)
edited January 21, 2015
a veil of her sorrow – v6
(editing original again)
edited October
14, 2014
a veil of her
sorrow – v5
(editing
version 4)
edited October
4, 2014
a veil of her
sorrow – v4
(editing
original again)
edited October
4, 2014
a veil of her
sorrow – v3
(editing
version 2)
Edited
September 8, 2013
a veil of her
sorrow – v2
new poem
September 8, 2013
a veil of her
sorrow
typed September 7, 2013
the strings of gossamer
June 4, 2013
picture by Rakesh Chandode
of “Lamentation of Christ” statue
Prague, Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
with spider web,
page 11 of January 2012
National Geographic
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