At the risk of seeming impertinent, this reminds me of a sonnet I wrote about Mary. Here it is.

Not in her own town

Oh sure! She said an angel came to call
And told her young Yeshua came from God.
Imagine! Joseph just believed it all!
I never would have thought him such a sod!
Oh yes! It's all quite true, and what is more,
remember when the soldiers came to slay
our sons? She thought that they were looking for
her own Yeshua, and apologized the day
they returned from Egypt. Then last year there was
that incident -- you remember -- he left the van
and stayed in the Temple. She said it's because
he was teaching the rabbis HaShem's master plan!
Hush! she comes now -- quiet -- there she goes!
"And a sword shall pierce thine own heart." Well she knows.

© 1991 Alex E. Riggle - All Rights Reserved.