{"id":67435,"date":"2017-02-08T12:02:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T20:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mayagonzalez.com\/blog\/?p=67435"},"modified":"2017-02-09T01:34:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T09:34:29","slug":"mother-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mayagonzalez.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/mother-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother, America"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/h4>\n

Mother, America<\/strong><\/h4>\n

America.
\nLike my mother
\nI can never be fully separated
\nfrom you.
\nBorn here.
\nThis is where I learned to breathe,
\nto walk the earth,
\nlove the people.
\nI know the seasons and the sun,
\nthe way the clouds come
\nand where the winds go.<\/p>\n

American.
\nYou named me a name
\nI cannot take off
\neven if I go away.<\/p>\n

I cannot<\/em> deny you.<\/em><\/p>\n

But
\nAmerica<\/strong>
\nevery minute
\nyou show that you don\u2019t want me,
\nthat your love is conditional
\nif at all.
\nAnd although we are
\nforever tied
\nname to name
\nyou
\ncannot<\/em> claim me
\nas your own.<\/p>\n

Without you Mother, America
\nI had to
\nlearn
\nto
\nlove
\nthe curve of my own face,
\nthe tone of my own voice,
\nthe power of my own hands.<\/p>\n

Without you Mother, America
\nI taught myself
\nmy own love.
\nUntil
\nnow I am
\nmy own mother,
\nmy own country.<\/p>\n

So Blessings Mother!<\/p>\n

I finally know
\nyour gift.<\/p>\n

I will survive.<\/p>\n

Because
\nonly a mother\u2019s hate
\ncan prepare you for
\nAmerica.
\n2\/2017xomaya<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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