{"id":593,"date":"2022-03-31T23:23:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T23:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentrichter.com\/?page_id=593"},"modified":"2022-04-01T01:59:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T01:59:56","slug":"romance-poem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kentrichter.com\/?page_id=593","title":{"rendered":"Romance Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Discovery!\nHow I long to fly\nAcross the star-filled sky,\nSing the ever-changing lilt of light on clouds that dance along!\nTo swim the swirling seas\nAnd play along the breeze,\nOn the storms and surging currents toward the fountainhead of song!\nThe unrestrained eruption of the ever-flowing dance!\nThe effervescent newness of romance.\n\nSecurity!\nHow I long to sleep\nEnfolded in the deep,\nRest within the womb-like wonder that no birth can rip away!\nTo float upon the sure\nAnd changeless Ever-pure,\nAnd to bask in clear, eternal Sun in never-ending day!\nThe deep, unmoving safety from the carelessness of chance!\nThe strong and pure assurance of romance.\n\nHow I long to be\nThe I no longer me,\nTouch the Oneness of the Many, ever changing pure to pure!\nTo fly toward the kiss,\nAt rest within the bliss,\nLive the leaping, diving, hungry dance where every step is sure!\nTo never change the lyrics of the ever-changing chord:\nThe praise and perfect romance of the Lord.\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discovery! How I long to fly Across the star-filled sky, Sing the ever-changing lilt of light on clouds that dance along! To swim the swirling seas And play along the breeze, On the storms and surging currents toward the fountainhead &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kentrichter.com\/?page_id=593\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-593","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentrichter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentrichter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentrichter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentrichter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentrichter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kentrichter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600,"href":"https:\/\/kentrichter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/593\/revisions\/600"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentrichter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentrichter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}