{"id":973,"date":"2015-08-07T19:54:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T18:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/povojournal\/?p=973"},"modified":"2015-08-07T19:54:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T18:54:27","slug":"i-am-motherhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/i-am-motherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"I am motherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am motherhood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am the earth that holds life<br>The grains of sand from which the songs of laughter waft<br>Rivers of life run through me to cultivate the love taught by the layers beneath me<br>For they too once were me and I now am them<br>I am the seed they protected and so I protect<br>I the support of many<br>The ground on which they build their dreams<br>And feed their minds<br>And grow in life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am the earth that holds life<br>The wisdom of the ages<br>The strength of today<br>The power of tomorrow<br>The seeds of progress lie in me<br>I the field of the future<br>Wherein the trees of tomorrow grow<br>Leaves fresh from my energy<br>Bark solid from my positivity<br>Branches supple from my comfort<br>I give so they will give<br>I live so they will Iive<br>In the land of later<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am the earth that holds life<br>Roots anchor in me<br>I the support of the family tree<br>I am the dusty womb that carries breath<br>I am the clay hands that build kings and queens<br>I am the embrace of comfort<br>The kiss of love<br>The land that drinks tears of pain<br>The plains of peace and serenity<br>I stand against the waters of strife and persecution<br>Protecting the seeds of tomorrow from disobedience and foolishness<br>I am the earth that holds life<br>I am the strength of a nation<br>I am motherhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am motherhood I am the earth that holds lifeThe grains of sand from which the songs of laughter waftRivers of life run through me to cultivate the love taught by the layers beneath meFor they too once were me and I now am themI am the seed they protected and so I protectI the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-poetry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - 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