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All Their Lives
by Philip F De Pinto
All her life
She had been practicing
To be Magdalene
To his Jesus
And given all her life
She has been on the brink of tears
She cried Jesus a river
On which he walked
Side by side with salmon
Red as Magdalene's hair
Until the one
Who all his life
Had been practicing to be Jesus
Encountered a water fall
For which he was ill prepared to scale
Or he lacked the faith
To leap and spawn with the rest
Of the salmon
Red as Magdalene's eyes
09/26/2014 Posted on 09/26/2014
Copyright © 2026 Philip F De Pinto
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 09/29/14 at 04:52 PM The extended metaphor here is so fine, the realities and limits of one's endeavors revealed. |
| Posted by Steve Michaels on 09/30/14 at 02:36 AM I love the way you tie it all together in the last stanza. The waterfall visual is excellent! |
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