Peter's wife

by John Butterfield



Simon Peter, first apostle, rock

foundation of the church

was a man with a mother in law

(so it says in the bible)

Who then was Peter's wife

who washed his clothes after he sank

trying to walk on water?

She who was left at home with the kids

while he went trailing around the countryside

following the dreamer of dreams

She whose mother was ill

and who persuaded Peter

if he needed any persuasion

to bring his healer friend

and heal her

If he was not fishing

where did she get money to

feed her inevitable brood of infants?

It is somewhat ironic

that the men who has since that time

claimed to sit in Peter's chair

have never had a wife!

Is that why she was erased from history!