Meridiana
When Gerbert of Aurillac came of age
Loving the daughter of Provost of Rheims
Rejected he despaired and came to rage
Projected future ill as it would seem
Thus loss in love had darkly set the stage
To live in shadows of what might have been
Yet, in the hollow darkness of the night
An evil hooked this boy and drew him tight
Meridiana came, a beauteous maid
Off’ring herself and money to the boy
Her being lovely he was not afraid
He found her both precocious and so coy
She promised him that if he faithful stayed
Then magically she’d give him wealth and joy
He could not stop, he to her bound his soul
And to the evil woman gave control
He stayed with her and prospered rapidly
Becoming soon the Archbishop of Rheims
Gave her perverted dealings sexually
His life was full of decadent good times
Accepting his bondage most shamefully
He never gave a thought to aiding crimes
A man of selfish stature and great lust
The partner of an evil succubus
She fed upon him every night the same
And kept him tightly tethered to her needs
Ravenna’s Cardinal Gerbert then became
More powerful to do her dirty deeds
And never feeling any sort of shame
Such callousness of heart selfishness breeds
Meridiana woman of the night
Who makes a man lose goodness from his sight
He then became Revenna’s Archbishop
Yet, had ambitions beyond other men
Then Gerbert of Aurillac became Pope
And called himself Sylvester the second
Meridiana finally has the scope
To do her evil deviousness then
She came to him his death to prophesy
A piece of cross showed where his death would be
He went then to Jerusalem for mass
Knowing the cross piece there meant he would die
Then Gerbert found his Christian heart at last
Confessing evil sins from days gone by
Although his fate had been already cast
He died repentant, and his soul was free
His tomb in the Lateran now sweats death
When e’er a Pope shall draw his final breath
Honorable mention
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Love, C
This was very well written and orchestrated and I thank you forsharing it with me. Be well. Laura 
