The Ballad of Mary’s Son

It was in the Spring

The Passover had come.

There was feasting in the streets and joy.

But an awful thing

Happened in the Spring –

Men who knew not what they did

Killed Mary’s Boy.

He was Mary’s Son,

And the Son of God was He –

Sent to bring the whole world joy.

There were some who could not hear,

And some were filled with fear –

So they built a cross

For Mary’s Boy.

~Langston Hughes