Mary By Kywn Townsend Riley Poem by klo loe

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