The Real Lady

The Real Lady

I would love to call 

Mary Magdalene 

and ask her to lunch

to discuss what it was like back then

to know Jesus

to know redemption

to be a woman of earthen means

naked to the lust

of those same sketchy gentlemen

who judged her

Wondering why she is at the foot of the cross

praying

And they all gossip as to how she feels

shameless enough to do that

they use her 

then discuss her like she is a vacant soul

and yet

Jesus looks across to her, not down

his hanging on the cross is for her redemption

as much as it is for those who profess being

Christians

and then find the most hypocritical vices to live

lies

dishonest derelicts who should be hanged

next to Jesus

with the two thieves

Mary would be a great conservationist, I think

she would probably even offer

to pay for the meal

I wonder if she was invited to the Last Supper

but felt she would be out of place

and perhaps

being the most human, the most real of them all---

she have been.

erin-cilberto

9/26/25

Reviews

[Betty Hermelee]

An excellent viewpoint on Mary, the first lady... what was she really like??? I especially love your interpretation of her....now on Jesus...a martyr...looking over at her, redemption...not so innocent, dishonest like the rest of them... I don't think Mary would be comfortable at the last supper....
Love you choice of words ......
Warmly, B

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your review, Betty...I think Magdalene might have made those disciples uncomfortable for sure.
j.

[Betty Hermelee]

Always a pleasure to see you J
Warmly, B