{"id":3047,"date":"2016-10-29T21:15:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T03:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=3047"},"modified":"2018-01-16T15:23:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T22:23:48","slug":"kidnapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2016\/10\/29\/kidnapped\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidnapped"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Where have\u00a0you gone, I ask again; my memories now lost.<\/li>\n
  2. They stole you, hid you, while I slept\u2014a ransom without cost.<\/li>\n
  3. Your photos burned, your words destroyed, your voice I can\u2019t replay.<\/li>\n
  4. The distance grows between us now, increasing with each day.<\/li>\n
  5. I want to see\u00a0and talk with\u00a0you; they tell me that I can\u2019t.<\/li>\n
  6. I long to feel warm\u00a0in your arms, the comfort of your hands.<\/li>\n
  7. I cry, I call, I wish, I pray, convinced that it\u2019s in vain.<\/li>\n
  8. It\u2019s for your good, they justify; they cannot see the pain.<\/li>\n
  9. Let us go down to make a home wherein our children dwell.<\/li>\n
  10. A garden fresh to please the heart and wondrous fragrance smell<\/li>\n
  11. And let us make them just like us, he you and she like me.<\/li>\n
  12. Then give them choice, watch them partake; the truth shall make them free.<\/li>\n
  13. I\u2019ll visit them when they have left, \u201cBehold, my b\u2019loved son.\u201d<\/li>\n
  14. But I\u2019ll retreat with broken heart when he gasps, \u201cIt is done.\u201d<\/li>\n
  15. I\u2019ll touch their hearts; speak to their souls, comfort them and guide.<\/li>\n
  16. I\u2019ll reach past chains and gags and locks, with every ounce I\u2019ll try.<\/li>\n
  17. I do not think you\u2019d leave me here, abandoned and alone.<\/li>\n
  18. I\u2019m sure your captors have you gagged upon your vaulted throne.<\/li>\n
  19. The words you once had spoke to us, they\u2019ve long since now destroyed.<\/li>\n
  20. They make up myths to convince us, your absence a decoy.<\/li>\n
  21. They put you on a pedestal to keep you\u00a0out of reach.<\/li>\n
  22. Protect your name, or so they say; your purity they bleach.<\/li>\n
  23. But you are strong and wise and brave, far from a maiden fair.<\/li>\n
  24. And heart and soul and spirit shout that I\u2019ve a mother there.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Where have\u00a0you gone, I ask again; my memories now lost. They stole you, hid you, while I slept\u2014a ransom without cost. Your photos burned, your words destroyed, your voice I can\u2019t replay. The distance grows between us now, increasing with each day. I want to see\u00a0and talk with\u00a0you; they tell me that I can\u2019t. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heavenly-mother"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/newborn-606298_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-N9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3199,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2017\/11\/07\/buried-treasure\/","url_meta":{"origin":3047,"position":0},"title":"Buried Treasure","author":"Kim Siever","date":"7 November 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Treasure hidden deep within the fog, so thick and young. 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