pondering this prayer

for god so loved the world
that he gave her a child
his star seed burst into her womb
her sacred wound
and never mind the human race
she thought as she spun on her axis
never mind all that
she breathed heavy and contracted
pregnancy came to labor came to birth
and there he was in all his glory
how proud the world was, as mother of this child
never mind the human race
she thought
I will continue to feed and care for them as though they were my children
poor abandoned creatures as they are
for she so loved god
and he so loved the world
she kept right on spinning on her axis
raising the human family
feeding them with her bounty
giving them shelter from storms
shade from the heat of the sun
she nourished their bodies
meanwhile father god and his only son
related to the people
as the world spun on her axis
she noticed the prayers of the people
"oh father in heaven" they sang
and she watched him smile
drunk on their admiration

she pondered this prayer and kept moving
for god so loved the world
and she so loved god