{"id":2865,"date":"2014-10-07T13:46:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T13:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jenniferswhite.com\/?p=2865"},"modified":"2014-10-07T13:46:35","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T13:46:35","slug":"i-roar-a-mothers-love-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jenniferswhite.com\/i-roar-a-mothers-love-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"I Roar. {A Mother’s Love Poem}"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"7389445344_1b5a12efb4_z<\/a><\/h3>\n

Grateful heart, I roar.<\/a><\/h3>\n

Infant muse, I roar.<\/p>\n

Humbled flesh, I bow.<\/p>\n

I cling to the reckless anger that I deserve to own this space; to inhabit this pre-birth giddiness and joy, regardless of my other child or my life’s demands—of my heart’s other demands.<\/em><\/p>\n

I roar.<\/h4>\n

I pensively bleed in preparation.<\/p>\n

I roar.<\/p>\n

I tighten and cramp in rehearsal.<\/p>\n

I roar.<\/p>\n

I sing. I breathe. I meditate while holding my swelling belly in thickly veined hands.<\/p>\n

I roar.<\/p>\n

I put my foot across the line of appropriate—I dig my heels into this space without fear; without care; without guilt that I’m not staying within the confines of my feminine place.<\/em><\/p>\n

I roar.<\/a><\/h4>\n

I cartwheel for what tomorrow could bring, I roar.<\/p>\n

I crank up the stereo, I roar.<\/p>\n

I spin my restless legs with headphones blaring, I roar.<\/p>\n

I thump and groove my head to rhythms from tiny earbuds, to big bass and rich voice—I illuminate my heart-space with music<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

And I roar.<\/h4>\n

I feel the pounding, driving need to purge from my life that which I don’t need—those who I don’t need.<\/p>\n

I roar.<\/p>\n

I collect fragile memories and emotional souvenirs and am reborn as a mother.<\/p>\n

I roar.<\/p>\n

I spin my legs around the un-moving bicycle as haunting lyrics pierce my goose-bumped soul.<\/p>\n

I roar.<\/p>\n

I stand in my lioness strength—I pivot around this defining internal shift of muted woman to violent heartbeats, in ready anticipation of bringing another female<\/a> into this waiting world.<\/em><\/p>\n

And I roar.<\/p>\n

And I roar.<\/em><\/p>\n

And I quiet.<\/p>\n

And I slow.<\/p>\n

And my legs stop circling and my heart stops racing and I invite this overwhelming sensation of commanding power to settle within my tender tissues.<\/p>\n

And I roar.<\/h4>\n

I roar.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Flickr\/Rebecca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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