MAGDALENE
for Rebecca Brooksher
in a stone garden I have sat
waiting
I had visions of you as a child
a dark madonna, sans the suckling babe
you would answer the calls of the priests each Wednesday
in the evening . . . their time
then I travelled
from the high country to the sea
to teach them religion
and you no longer had to suffer their ways
now . . . your body will feel the touch
of one who is rightly guided
and you will know that love comes
from some other place
for deep down inside
when that daemon of self destruction
lies dormant and asleep
you will hear whisper of your worth
then I will call you Magdalene
and together . . . we will be
Prolific novelist, poet, lyricist, and playwright,Brandon Pitts is the author of the poetry collection, Pressure to Sing (IOWI), the play, Killcreek (IOWI – 2013 Toronto Fringe), and the novel, Puzzle of Murders (Bookland Press). In 2011, he was selected for inclusion in the prestigious Diaspora Dialogues as an Emerging Voice and has been widely anthologized.
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