Saturday, January 20, 2018

THREE VIRGINS #2


VIRGEN DOLOROSA SENTAOA

In this painting
the Virgin
dressed in purple
and
robed
in darkest blue

sits

left arm extended
hand open
right hand
at her heart.

Seven
deeply thrust
swords
fan across
her
back and shoulders.

Her
heart
has been

p
i
e
r
c
e
d

by a

s
t
i
l
e
t
t
o
.

Her head
is tilted up
and to the right.

Her gaze -
heavenward.

A
golden
aura

r
i
s
e
s

into the night.

She does not bleed.

(Marginalia:  a crown of thorns with 13 spikes, three iron nails.)

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