Where was Mary's mother
In all this birthing?
Was there only cousin Elizabeth,
Old and inexperienced,
To give comfort and advice?
Was there no Jewish mother
To make chicken soup,
Check how the baby lay,
As if she felt Jesus
Moving in the womb?
Was there gossip
In the neighborhood?
Did her mother
Want Mary and her bulging belly
Out of sight?
In all this birthing.
Where was Mary's mother?
© Peggy Latham, 2013
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| Detail of a pregnant Mary in a Provencal creche Photo by Guillaume Piolle from Wikimedia Commons |
