{"id":608,"date":"2016-12-19T08:21:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T07:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/?p=608"},"modified":"2018-10-11T19:49:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T17:49:19","slug":"a-mothers-ordeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2016\/12\/a-mothers-ordeal\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mother’s Ordeal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image:<\/strong>\u00a0Wheat Field with Crows (Vincent Van Gogh, 1890). Source<\/a>\u00a0– CC License<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Author:<\/strong>\u00a0Antonino Mangiaracina<\/p>\n

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Cities have strict demands that rule the men
\nWith blind reality they act, and more!
\nA Man must pray to God and say Amen.
\nA Man must hold his faith and start a war.
\nIn a family order has no joys;
\nA Man must honour and respect his Father.
\nAs soldiers shall behave the dutiful boys;
\nA Man must love and look after his Mother.
\nThe picture of a man\u2019s girl now is dim,
\nFor good he chose to sacrifice his pearl
\nBut an empty clam is all is left to him.
\nAfter all, a Man reveals to be a girl,
\nWhose only weakness was to be too good,
\nBecause her world was no place for childhood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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II<\/p>\n

What does it mean to be a flying bird?
\nIs it to feel the wind beneath your wings?
\nPerhaps, to say, there is no way or word,
\nBut over you, no one: skies with no kings.
\nThen why do men imprison birds in cages?
\nFrom down below they hunt and grab the prey,
\nIn rapid moments that persist for ages;
\nAttracted by such high splendour were they.
\nWhat does it mean to be a happy kid?
\nIs it to play with friends and whom you trust?
\nPerhaps, she does not know, since what he did,
\nA man in school there was who taught disgust.
\nAmazed I am to know how strong you are;
\nThank you, my sweet Angel, you are my star.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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III<\/p>\n

So rare, a diamond\u2019s beauty seems unreal;
\nSo clear, its purity bewitches the mind;
\nBut still we must remember its ordeal,
\nToo often is its value left behind.
\nIt has endured the pressure of the world,
\nAnd time for long a while has passed it by.
\nIts lines and soul, carved from the underworld,
\nNow form a nature that could never lie.
\nAs precious as a diamond is my mother,
\nShe is the kindest I ever met:
\nHer love, sincere like no other.
\nFor her, I promise to never forget.
\nO\u2019 diamond mine, I wish you all the best,
\nMay your clear eyes reflect from east to west.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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