{"id":3390,"date":"2018-05-07T14:20:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T20:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=3390"},"modified":"2018-06-19T06:22:34","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T12:22:34","slug":"mother-to-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2018\/05\/07\/mother-to-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother to the Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol class=\"poem\">\n<li>With silver arms and midnight hands, she pulled in outstretched reach<\/li>\n<li>The lapping waves and hushed surf to bare the hidden beach.<\/li>\n<li>Deep from the sand, she formed a star and raised it to her breast<\/li>\n<li>And nursed it dear and tenderly, just as she had the rest.<\/li>\n<li>She helped it grow under her touch, with wisdom she did guide.<\/li>\n<li>Each stage of growth, each mature phase, filled her with love inside.<\/li>\n<li>The time had come\u2014it always has\u2014for her to say goodbye.<\/li>\n<li>Reluctantly, she held her babe, then perched it in the sky.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Listen<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/460391703&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With silver arms and midnight hands, she pulled in outstretched reach The lapping waves and hushed surf to bare the hidden beach. Deep from the sand, she formed a star and raised it to her breast And nursed it dear and tenderly, just as she had the rest. She helped it grow under her touch, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3393,"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-3390","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\/2018\/05\/img_6459.jpg?fit=1920%2C1032&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-SG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3042,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2017\/07\/30\/four-births\/","url_meta":{"origin":3390,"position":0},"title":"Four births","author":"Kim Siever","date":"30 July 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A mother strong had birthed that day the sun, the moon, and stars. 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