Marie Laveau



There once was a priestess

Born a long time ago...

A famous voodoo queen...

Named Marie Catherine Laveau...


She was born in the French Quarter

Back in 1801...

And within a matter of years

Her powerful work had begun...


She was born a wealthy creole

A person of color who was free...

Her father was a noble, gentle man

Her mother was pretty, part Cherokee...


Marie married in the St Louis Cathedral

To a man named Jacque Paris...

She quickly had a daughter

And then the newlyweds were three...


Jacque was a good carpenter

Building tables, chairs and more...

He truly loved his beautiful Marie

And soon there were four...


Shortly thereafter the last birth

Her beloved Jacque was to die...

That left young Marie and her babies

On their own journey to get by...


So she opened a beauty salon

Making house calls to the rich...

She learned all their secrets

Promising to never ever snitch...


But soon she discovered their secrets 

Could be kept for a hefty price...

She would create secret potions

From ancient recipes with much spice...


She learned early on

To use her powers with refrain...

As her ability to cast spells

Should never be used in vain...


She practiced her voodoo

While employed as a midwife...

It was her ability to cast spells

That caused bad people much strife...


But then in June of 1881

Her life finally came to an end...

She was surround by her family

And Glapion, her lifelong boyfriend...


Marie Laveau and her history

Have been surrounded by legend and lore...

But as of that one fateful evening

Her voodoo would be practiced never more...


The rumor has Marie buried in a tomb

Located in St Louis #1 cemetery...

But we will truly never know

As Marie’s spirit will remain legendary...


© 2020 Jeffrey Pipes Guice

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