Day of the Dead
I borrowed the image from Wikipedia, and couldn't help making the following comparison. . .
As a nun. . . . I was Bride of Christ.
a skeletal bride
outfitted in bridal regalia,
while dead inside.
while dead inside.
Betrothed to an invisible groom
I was sacrificial virgin,
offered to appease the supreme
Male-in-the-Sky.
Male-in-the-Sky.
I played the part well. . .
one of the walking dead.
one of the walking dead.
Wore a smile full of teeth
and gazed at the world
through a pair of
empty-socket-ed
eyes.
and gazed at the world
through a pair of
empty-socket-ed
eyes.
The poem expresses your feeling of it all quite well.
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