Virgin Frown…
She appears to frown,
Unsettling and unwelcoming,
As the worshipper
Approaches with due trepidation;
Although glorious in her gown,
The folded arms seem like a rebuke,
Her eyes glaring down,
Threatening almost and unbecoming
As the worshipper
Hesitates, with thoughts of damnation
And a confession
And some embarrassment
And maybe forgiveness
And thus atonement
And resulting distress:
Because she appears to frown,
Unsettling, yet unwelcoming…
Pete Ray
September 2019
Mary the Virgin atop Barjac’s 17th century church of Saint-Laurent seems rather imposing…
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