{"id":3406,"date":"2018-05-19T17:26:02","date_gmt":"2018-05-19T23:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=3406"},"modified":"2018-05-19T17:26:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-19T23:26:04","slug":"philosophia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2018\/05\/19\/philosophia\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Wisdom in each heartbeat pulsing through my veins<\/li>\n
  2. Mending every sorrow, comforting each pain.<\/li>\n
  3. Wisdom in each blood drop healed by Mother’s kiss,<\/li>\n
  4. Or her tear, or stroking, or her embraced bliss<\/li>\n
  5. Wisdom in each longing reaching from my chest,<\/li>\n
  6. Passing through the vastness, to her ear to rest.<\/li>\n
  7. Wisdom in each flushing\u2014flustered, nervous, shy\u2014<\/li>\n
  8. Hand upon my shoulder tells me she is nigh.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Wisdom in each heartbeat pulsing through my veins Mending every sorrow, comforting each pain. Wisdom in each blood drop healed by Mother’s kiss, Or her tear, or stroking, or her embraced bliss Wisdom in each longing reaching from my chest, Passing through the vastness, to her ear to rest. Wisdom in each flushing\u2014flustered, nervous, shy\u2014 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3411,"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-3406","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\/0fa2a6fe-848a-403c-bba4-95c9d54b6b7a-804-000000cee925d677.jpg?fit=1875%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-SW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3390,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2018\/05\/07\/mother-to-the-stars\/","url_meta":{"origin":3406,"position":0},"title":"Mother to the Stars","author":"Kim Siever","date":"7 May 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"With silver arms and midnight hands, she pulled in outstretched reach The lapping waves and hushed surf to bare the hidden beach. 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