She awakens Her spirit by bringing life to Her soul,
Her children; Her beauty.
She nurtures Her children, feeding them from the goodness of
Her bosom.
Her laughter is the wind and the mighty storms Her dance.
She lives so that Her beauty can have everlasting life.
She shows us that we are the mountains,
tall and strong.
We are the rivers, wide and deep.
We are the gazelles, swift
And the mantis, patient, watchful.
As the lion stands proud like a god of the wilderness,
So we stand, like jewels in a crown.
She shows us Her strength through Her natural essence.
Some mistake Her gentleness for frailty and weakness.
Gentleness is true power.
She is everything that a mother should be.
Even in Her death She is renewed, again,
with time,
Bringing forth new life and new possibilities.
Oceans flow into oceans, journeying on an endless path.
Fruits bring forth seeds that are fruits within their hearts.
In this way, Mother must change.
Transforming Her love into a greater love
That transcends time.
Mother never truly dies.
Her spirit reborn in the new season
shows us that she has left a legacy of love.
Mother Earth;
Earth Mother.
Two inseparable Entities
One unconditional, immortal love.
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I sent a greeting card to my sister 37 years ago citing this poetry, quoting Not Our Children. She misunderstood and said she didn’t like it. She is deceased, left 9 children when she was 57 years old.
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pittershawn Reply:
January 13th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
@Minnie Estelle Miller, I wrote this poem about 10 years ago. Do you mean that you sent something similar? The not our children quote from Gibran is amazing to me. I love it.
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