Madonna Mary: Ethel Romig Fuller

“Hair like shadows,
Mouth a cherry,
Sandal-shod
Madonna Mary,
Wore God’s child –
A white rose pressed,
Petal and thorn
To her young breast.
Miracle
That angels hailed,
That a wondering new star
Trailed;
Mystery
Beyond the ken
Of the Orient’s
Three wise men…
Petal and thorn…
A flower to toss
From a mother’s arms
To a cross… to a cross. ”