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But they used up the life-force She carried inside

She had enough left for a last innovation,

A child who’d remember Who made the creation”

“A child who’d respect And learn to protect”

“First Worown and alive,

And given the Gifts she would need to survive

Life was the First Gift, and like Mother Earth,

She woke to herself knowing life had great worth”

“First Woman defined The first of her kind”

Ayla looked up and noticed Zelandoni watching her She glanced at the other people around her and when she looked back, Zelandoni’s gaze had shifted

“The Mother remembered Her own loneliness,

The love of Her friend and his hovering caress

With the last spark rean,

To share life with Woman, She created First Man”

“Again She was giving One ”