UNBRIDLED II

A man of seemingly simple features

Yet aura surrounded him like a living tangible cloud

His words flowed over me

Soft and melodious yet resounding in my heart like the life-giver of my beating heart

I reached his feet,

With his face turned away from mine,

I knelt at his feet

My head bent in fear of seeing the rejection in his eyes

I unstopped my jar

And turned out the contents on him

His feet were all I could see with my head bent

It dribbled and poured and the scent wafted up and filled my senses

With the same care and more than I had used on my skin

I used on him,

I had just spilled the best and most expensive oil

Such was the life I had that I could afford this

At the recesses of my mind, I felt outrage spill out from the public

I pulled my hair closer to his feet and used my hair to wipe the excesses.

His hand touched my shoulder

And oh! Ohhhhh! What peace!

My shame fell away like a bunch of dirt rags flung afar

The hole of despair got swallowed up by a wave of pure light

I raised up my head and his eyes looked into mine.

I saw his lips move and realized he was responding to the crowd’s outrage

I could not care less

Nothing could take away the joy and the peace and the love all –consuming I felt at that moment

I made a shocking discovery in that second:

I love this man, wholeheartedly, unreservedly, irrevocably

I would die for this man

I would give my earthly possessions for the sake of this one man

This man that had not only restored my dignity but given me a new measure of hope

A smile broke through my face and he smiled back

And he gave me the tiniest nod

I stood up straight and looked back at the crowds

I, Mary Magdalene, a former prostitute, felt like a new born baby

I, Mary Magdalene, have just been given a brand new slate to start life afresh

I, Mary Magdalene, was totally FREE.