Santa Muerte
by Jean Jones
She is the Skinny Lady (la Flaquita), the Bony Lady (la Huesuda), the White Girl (la Niņa Blanca),
the White Sister (la Hermana Blanca),the Pretty Girl (la Niņa Bonita), the Powerful Lady (la Dama Poderosa), and the Godmother (la Madrina).
She is the eighth archangel, the personification of death, she ensures a path to the afterlife.
She is the Grim Reaper, wearing a shroud, carrying both a scythe and a globe.
Her scythe is the moment of death, when the silver thread of life is cut.
She has vast power, and has dominion over the earth.
She has an owl and an hourglass, and she is the messenger and the beginning of something new.
Do not place her next to the Catholic Saints or there will be consequences.
© 2015 Jean Jones
Jean Jones has an MFA in Creative Writing Poetry from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, teaches English as a Second Language part time at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, and has two books, Beyond Good and Evil, and Birds of Djakarta available on Amazon.com.
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