You Will Never Know

© 2009 By Alice Walker

You will never
Know
How
Much
I loved
You
As
I watched
Them
Stone
You
In
The film.

Cowards,
They covered 
Up
Your body
& Your
Face
So they
Would not
Have
To notice
You.

There is a stone
The perfect
Size
To crush
Your skull
Another
Just right
To
Bash
The delicate
Bridge
Of
Your
Nose:
Still another,
Needle edged
With
Which
To
Gash
Open
Or
Bruise shut
Your
Eyes.

Your pink
Shroud
That
You
Must
Wear
Every day
Of
Your
Life
Has
A tiny
Window
Did you
Bother
To look
Out of it
To
See?

Your neighbors
And
Their boys
Would
Have
Been there:

Children
Have to learn.

Perhaps your own
Sons
Were encouraged
To throw
The first
Stone.

I don't speak
Of Jesus
As much
As some
Do -
Though
I
Miss
Him
Just
As
Much:

Still, how right
He was
Honoring -
The
Feminine
In Woman
The Earth
&
Himself -
To try
To
Stop
This.