Black Madonna Barbara Sanders

Battering black and brown bodies, Enslaving human beings for over 400 years. White men, women and children treating Darker people worse than animals. Black Madonna ponders this world That she helped to create. Black Madonna rages, sending us fires, Tornadoes, hurricanes and floods. She takes our money and burns it freely.

She sends us a new virus we cannot Control nor withstand, but Her black bodies die first. Why? Black Madonna cries, wails, wrenches her Neck gazing at all the ghastly people Who do horrible things to each other. She feels betrayed, angry and sorrowful That these humans she helped to create Act terribly at times, scared and rageful themselves,

Striking out at underdogs, those they despise. She questions this creation and Her own life, wondering whether She should banish herself? Raising the veil that shades Her dark eyes, she wonders. “What have I done? I helped to create lands, seas, trees, Flowers, the weather, animals, insects, Black Madonna By Barbara Sanders And, humans. What went so wrong?" Humans have polluted the lands and the Atmosphere wiping out so many special species. People have used rivers and oceans for Food, fuel, garbage, and outhouses, Poisoning creeks and mountain streams. (Where were we to put our waste?) Are humans the cause of these horrible woes? Black Madonna considers, “Maybe I did not know upon creating Humans that they would evolve like this. I did not prophecy that their brains would grow So convoluted and large that they would create

Manufacturing and technology, making Cars to drive and raising animals Just to eat. Maybe I shouldn’t have rested On that seventh day, but I didn’t know.” Maybe all the gods and goddesses like Black Madonna, created us or Maybe a Big Bang happened and Formed life itself, cells dividing. Black Madonna

By Barbara Sanders Maybe even divine beings could not have Imagined that evolution would bring us here. We humans compete and fight In our fear and hunger for power, Our greed and gluttony overtaking us. We have enslaved other humans, We have caused harm to all living and Breathing beings and to ourselves,

Just to provide food and riches for some of us. If Adam and Eve had only eaten other plants, Rather than that darned apple, Maybe life would be different. If the snake had not seduced and opened Eve’s eyes, maybe we would have stayed in The Garden. Maybe the mistake was Her listening to that snake, Leaving the garden and exploring this Planet Earth While just being human. Or, was leaving the Garden prophesied too, A healthy growth for us as we Adventured around this wide earth? Just as all beings are who and what they are. Just as birds fly and snakes slither.

We are just being human beings Once formed and released. Then we Black Madonna By Barbara Sanders Grew up and made a mess of the world, Killing off people, plants, animals and Finally, the planet and ourselves. Why? Maybe just because That is what we humans do.

Can we now turn the tides, Wind back the clock Undo what we have done? Or, can we move forward and if so, What kind of world will we now create, With the Divine help of whom? We cry out and pray for forgiveness, For guidance and support, For this new world that we shall

Build differently than before, Without knowing all the pitfalls, Just like before. We beseech Black Madonna. Will she hear us and help us create a World with a "peace that passeth All understanding," this time around?