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She greith the life that She carried inside

And gave of Herself with love and with pride”

“The Mother was bearing Her life She was sharing”

“The dark empty void and the vast barren Earth,

With anticipation, awaited the birth

Life drank from Her blood, it breathed from Her bones

It split Her skin open and sundered Her stones”

“The Mother was giving Another was living”

“Her gushing birth waters filled rivers and seas,

And flooded the land, giving rise to the trees

Frorew,

And lush verdant plants made all the Earth new”

“Her waters were flowing New green was growing”

“In violent labor spewing fire and strife,

She struggled in pain to give birth to new life