Pieta
By: Charles Giuliano - Feb 28, 2024
Pieta
Friend of many years
Artist Rafael Mahdavi
Sent this riveting image
My brother died
22 December in Prague
Cancer, horrific and painful death
I knew of him
Through Rafael's books
Adventures of boys
Growing up absurd
Prisoners of
Strict boarding schools
World travelers
Masters of language
This harrowing tribute
A classical pieta
Colors of El Greco
Grim grisaille
That same mannerism
City in distance
So like Toledo
Twisted anguished
Corpus Christi
Horrific juxtaposition
Dead and alive
Evoking Jesus
Body broken
On a cross
We all endure
Our swift dance
From here
To there