Poem: For The Virgin of Guadalupe

6 JANUARY, 2009

PLAYFUL LITTLE VIRGIN

It was the 12th of December, 2008,
the Saint day of Guadalupe,
            the Virgin of America and Mexico.
The priest had prepared for the sermon his speech and lexica.

He told how he had prayed that
   the virgin be present for him,
went to buy nativity scenes
   at "el Carmelo", the monastery, because of a whim...

A nun brought forth an image

 (In a way of great mystery)

Of the virgin of Lujan

And said, “for you she must be"!

I listened through all of the Mass.
I've studied and contemplated these things, as if in a class.
He said, "The Virgin appears in many forms, ways and clothes".
It is the same spirit in different ways
                                           that she chose...

I had an image of Guadalupe,
               (a pamphlet of her peregrination
               of 1992 through South America) in my purse...
All my accumulated feelings and spirit,
             the best of me, to the weakest or worse...

So after mass I gave up the
                  Virgin of Guadalupe,
(identifying with her as spiritual bait)...
So that her generous love, grace and care,
               can arrive and not be late!

Thus, ask and you shall receive.
Trust a little, and believe,
brother, or sister, believe!

Because though we reject her...
           In her many forms, she still tries
to add something more special and beautiful...
                                                      To our lives!

                            BY:  KARLA