Fertile Words

[Brownlie]

Running along side mountains
my childhood was free,
for me.
Sun kissed
brown face born from
Africa,
heart of the womb. - Some may say there are some anatomical issues here.
Mother,
you are my land, future,
my hope...
to read fertile words and - I like this idea as all words are symbolic I ask you to think of what these words refer to.
rich stories of playing in trees.
Mother said
Amen
be unafraid and unashamed
to run alongside mountains
while the sun is at your crown.

It seems that the earth has often been personified as feminine. I believe I Ching made the earth female and the wind male... Life is also supposed to have started in Africa, whether or not all language comes from Africa or not seems debatable. If you are religious the bible contains many stories, myths, and metaphors that can be used in poetry.