{"id":3671,"date":"2025-01-21T08:50:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=3671"},"modified":"2025-01-21T09:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T17:16:23","slug":"near-idolatry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2025\/01\/21\/near-idolatry\/","title":{"rendered":"Near Idolatry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n <\/p>\n

Near Idolatry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conjure
\nin Your Mindful Eye
\na Mother,<\/p>\n

Lifting Her Infant,
\nFace-to-Face,
\nto Brush Her Lips
\nacross His Cheek,
\nInhale His Aura,
\nExhale Her Adoration,
\na Near Idolatry
\nof Every Breath.<\/p>\n

Conjure a Father,
\nGrasping Tiny Fingers,
\nas His Joy Brims
\nat the Corners of
\nHis Eyelids,
\nWhen His Astonishing
\nGift of a Daughter
\nTries to Put
\nOne Foot
\nIn Front of Another,
\nbut Collapses
\nin Giggles.<\/p>\n

Now Conjure
\nYour Creator,<\/p>\n

Who Idolizes<\/p>\n

You,<\/p>\n

Waiting for You
\nTo Awaken<\/p>\n

To That Brush
\nacross Your Cheek,
\nThat Hand
\nThat Grasps
\nYour Fingers.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Nathan Dumlao; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Near Idolatry Conjure in Your Mindful Eye a Mother, Lifting Her Infant, Face-to-Face, to Brush Her Lips across His Cheek, Inhale His Aura, Exhale Her Adoration, a Near Idolatry of Every Breath. Conjure a Father, Grasping Tiny Fingers, as His Joy Brims at the Corners of His Eyelids, When His Astonishing Gift of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t