{"id":275,"date":"2010-01-28T22:29:49","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T03:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davious.org\/now\/?p=275"},"modified":"2024-12-18T18:07:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T23:07:48","slug":"beckoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/2010\/01\/beckoned\/","title":{"rendered":"Beckoned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Out of some undefined desperation\n foot after foot to the little pond\n for some kind of respite\nThe bright blue sky\n weakens overhead\nDespondent to perceive the giant cloud looming\n I turn back\n watching my shadow disappear before me\nA bright bloom of light taps me\n on my shoulders\n turns me around\nThe sun peeks through\n beckons me join it\n in its descent into darkness\n saying, \u201cwait\u201d\nEntering into the cloud\n like God seating himself on His throne\nAnd the beautiful charcoal of the proud\n only serves to contrast\n so much wild brightness\n its fringes lit in white fire\nFixed eyes remain peeled\n to take in such piercing radiance\nNow knowing I never stare straight\n into the pure, generous incendiary sun\nOnly in such special tainted moments\n can I witness glory\n with my unabashed human vestiges\nThunderstruck, I gape\n at its brazenness\n as it proceeds through\n a feathery chaos\n irradiating every wisp\nLight on light on light\n wafting and pulsating\nMy jaw drops and I softly\n exhale a silent joy\nIn perceiving the blue sky\n revealed as a dazzling,\n ethereal, secret green sea\nAnd gaze in wonderment\n at the world flipped in a wink\n into some vast oceanic kingdom\nAs off in the distance\n some cute puffs cheekily\n sport ruddy pink<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out of some undefined desperation foot after foot to the little pond for some kind of respite The bright blue sky weakens overhead Despondent to perceive the giant cloud looming I turn back watching my shadow disappear before me A bright bloom of light taps me on my shoulders turns me around The sun peeks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-blue-book"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3656,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions\/3656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}