2. Mother
Mother
was the Goddess of Oracles
and Falling Stars.
On the night I was born
she was all alone.
Her cries were heard by no one
as she drew me wailing
out of her womb,
wrapping me in her arms.
A thousand stars fell
together from the cosmos.
Some called it an omen,
others called it a blessing.
My mother knew better.
Her immortal body already
healed after the birth,
she carried me to
the balcony of her chambers.
As she held me in her arms
we watched a silver shower
rain across the midnight sky
behind the blazing fire
of a ten-thousand-year-old war.
She told me the stars fell
because she had granted
a thousand wishes in my name.
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