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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

Next was the Gift of Perception, of learning,

The desire to know, the Gift of Discerning,

First Woe within,

That would help her to live, and pass on to her kin

First Woman would kno to learn, how to

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