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Thursday, January 30, 2025

Poetry Submission

The clouds are milky white,

so I imagine them as mother's milk.

In turn the surrounding skies become a vast, transparent bosom,

boundless breasts suspended in the heavens.

The spirit of maternity fills the air.

There's natural femininity about a summery day.

Oh, feel the presence of the great Sky Mother.

Next, the surface of the Earth becomes as the face of a baby.

The lakes serve as the eyes of this Earth Child,

looking up hungrily at the warm whiteness on display above.

Finally, the skies release the clouds:

Raindrops fall as though drawn down

by the insistent suckling done by the leaves of the trees

and blades of grass - the lips of the Earth Child.

After the shower is over, the sun comes out beaming,

as though it were the heart of a new mother,

radiantly happy about successfully nursing her infant for the first time.