a shroud over her vision
a burial cloth of grief
the strands of gossamer
woven together
a story of this moment
this day in her life
a covering, a veil
a veil of her sorrow
looking down
through the fabric
the web before Mary
staring down at Jesus
how she must have anguished
wishing this wasn’t
happening
the weight of her son
heavy on her body
wished something had
obscured
what she witnesses so
clearly
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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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