THE SCARLET WOMAN

Once upon a time I found myself with no memories of the past or plans for the fuure in a place beyond recall. A woman stood in front of me: she was dressed in a scarlet hood which covered her face and I could see only her lips which were scarlet as well, on her skin were marks that I didn't understand and so, as I have always done, I gave them no importance.

She asked me if I wanted to listen to a story, and with no other option available to me at that time, I said yes, and she started her song:

She looked like an angel

but her wings were

one attached to heaven

and the other to hell

She was Innocent and naive

and believed in everything.

He was the sun

shining upon her

charming her with a liquor

he used to called love.

Shadows started to creep

into the mirror that once

reflected the image of a dream

and the wine in the grail

became too sour to drink.

He was a fiery tiger

and she became

the easy prey of that heartless hunter.

She made herself prettier

so she could still be his baby

covering the scars and the marks

with astonishing make up

but it wasn't enough.

She was dying alone

in that golden cage

he had built for her

Her verses became the silent scream

of a soul that slowly stepped

into the path of an announced death.

The scarlet woman paused and only at that point did I notice that she had the grail in one hand and the sword in the other and she continued to sing

Do you understand who I really am?

I have had many names but nowadays

I go with the one that made me best known

I carry in this grail

the abomination and the despair

of those lost souls

that have fallen from grace

calling themselves masters

saviours, keepers.

My consort is Chaos

a beast known for his many tails

I am indeed, Babalon The Great!

Then she poured that wine of astonishment into my glass

and I was left sadly wondering.

(*Quote: Babalon, not to be confused with Babylon, also known as theScarlet Woman,Great Mother or Mother of Abominations, is a goddess found in the mystical system of Thelema, which was established in 1904 with English author and occultist Aleister Crowley's writing of The Book of the Law (although the name Babalon does not occur in that text). In her most abstract form, she represents the female sexual impulse and the liberated woman...)

©It is my own interpretation of this Biblical, and pagan figure.

PS: this prosa /poetry I have prepared for the International women's day- This year theme was " we fight against the violence on women"

I red it the first time, at the International Women's day  on saturday 7.3.2014, at Kumppanuustalo in Hämeenlinna.