{"id":185,"date":"2012-01-06T09:41:39","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T15:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/?p=185"},"modified":"2012-05-24T09:41:57","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T14:41:57","slug":"a-song-for-hethert-nut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/creativity\/a-song-for-hethert-nut\/","title":{"rendered":"a song for Hethert-Nut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started writing this on December 11th or thereabouts, when I was sick and had lost my voice. I had invited Hethert-Nut to lend Her touch to my music-making efforts, and She gave me three words as a song-seed, which became the title of this song. I did a very weak recording to let my sister hear it, then proceeded to let my poor vocal cords recover.<\/p>\n<p>And now that I can play the chord progression fairly confidently, I made a stronger recording to share with you all. =3<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catfolk.org\/songs\/mother-may-i.mp3\">Click here to listen (or right-click to download the mp3)!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m very happy with this. It is a devotional song, a prayer-song, and it serves its purpose perfectly.<\/p>\n<p><i>Dua Hethert-Nut!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><lj -cut text=\"Lyrics beneath the cut if you want 'em!\"><b>Mother May I<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mother, may I come in<br \/>\nand join You in the skies<br \/>\nmy feet are stained with dirt<br \/>\nfrom walking all these miles<br \/>\nand as much as I enjoy the grass<br \/>\nI like the feel of stardust, too<br \/>\nMother, may I come in<br \/>\nand stay with You a while<\/p>\n<p>Hethert-Nut, lady of the night sky<\/p>\n<p>Mother, may I breathe here<br \/>\nin the vastness of Your arms<br \/>\nthe sun&#8217;s tired out my eyes<br \/>\nand night&#8217;s coaxed them closed<br \/>\nand as much as I love the light<br \/>\nI like the soft, snug shadows, too<br \/>\nMother, may I breathe here<br \/>\nand drift on solar winds<\/p>\n<p>Hethert-Nut, lady of the night sky<\/p>\n<p>Mother, may I borrow<br \/>\nsome of Your boundless love<br \/>\nmy heart is prone to aching<br \/>\nand it needs a tender touch<br \/>\nand as much as I want to care<br \/>\nI need someone to care for me, too<br \/>\nMother, may I borrow<br \/>\nYour compassion and Your grace<\/p>\n<p>Hethert-Nut, lady of the night sky<\/p>\n<p>Mother, may I love You<br \/>\nwithout hesitation or doubt<br \/>\nall I want is to praise You,<br \/>\nto give You music and my joy<br \/>\nand as much as I am wary<br \/>\nof offering perfect trust<br \/>\nMother, I want to love You<br \/>\nand dance within Your smile<\/p>\n<p>Hethert-Nut, lady of the night sky<\/lj><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started writing this on December 11th or thereabouts, when I was sick and had lost my voice. I had invited Hethert-Nut to lend Her touch to my music-making efforts, and She gave me three words as a song-seed, which became the title of this song. I did a very weak recording to let my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[16,42],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}