Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BABY BOY, by IDELLA PURNELL


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First Line: I knelt to the virgin mary. Help me, mary, to pray.
Last Line: Oh, mary, make me as a child, and teach mine eyes to see!
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Prayer; Women - Bible; Virgin Mary


I knelt to the Virgin Mary. Help me, Mary, to pray.
My man was very good to me, and he was killed today.

My four-year-old came to me, in his hand a broken toy.
Mary, was Jesus half so fair when He was a little boy?

My baby boy said, "Mother, Daddy is standing there."
My baby boy said, "Daddy, sit in this little chair."

I said to my baby boy, "Kiss your father, child."
The baby leaned with lifted arms, and oh, my heart was wild!

The baby leaned with lifted arms, and kissed the empty air.
I said to my baby boy, "Is your father there?"

"I kissed him on his mouth," my baby said to me.
Oh, Mary, make me as a child, and teach mine eyes to see!





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