Chalice Of Magdalene Poem by Maurice Rowlands

Sweet Madonna
Sail to the shores
Of Gaul

That painting
Will never prove
They were wrong

Do you still love
The man
Who is as innocent
As the flight of the dove?

Sail away, oh princess
Scarlet woman

Across the seas
Sweet Madonna

Time will never forgive
Your misfortune

Sail away with your chalice
You never meant no malice

Sweet lady
History has depicted you
Quite wrong

My girl
One day you will prove

Them all wrong