{"id":97,"date":"2010-08-23T08:47:53","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T15:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coloradoconfluence.com\/?p=97"},"modified":"2011-06-03T15:26:17","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T21:26:17","slug":"a-couple-of-poems-from-my-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradoconfluence.com\/?p=97","title":{"rendered":"A Couple of Poems from My Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The World At Dark<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the world at dark<\/p>\n<p>The sky is lit with Time&#8217;s glow,<\/p>\n<p>Each star a spark<\/p>\n<p>In so long a moment<\/p>\n<p>That there seems no start,<\/p>\n<p>No end, no movement<\/p>\n<p>That my eyes can know&#8230;,<\/p>\n<p>But how much farther my mind can go!<\/p>\n<p>To what avail? For what goal?<\/p>\n<p>To lose myself and free my soul.<\/p>\n<p>For I am nothing<\/p>\n<p>And i am all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>The Crystal Ball<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I saw a shadow<\/p>\n<p>Drift across mountains,<\/p>\n<p>A cloud afloat<\/p>\n<p>In the beckoning sky;<\/p>\n<p>The world, she danced,<\/p>\n<p>Like sparkling clear fountains,<\/p>\n<p>For all is as\u00a0crystal<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0time passes by.<\/p>\n<p>I dreamt of an island<\/p>\n<p>Where cascades are falling,<\/p>\n<p>Where flowers are blooming<\/p>\n<p>And nothing need try;<\/p>\n<p>Surrounded by ocean,<\/p>\n<p>Eternal waves calling,<\/p>\n<p>My castaway spirit<\/p>\n<p>Is free now to fly.<\/p>\n<p>The sun gazes warmly<\/p>\n<p>Upon the lush world,<\/p>\n<p>Embracing Her gently<\/p>\n<p>With patience and pride;<\/p>\n<p>Life dances on,<\/p>\n<p>Its wonders unfurl,<\/p>\n<p>But all becomes crystal<\/p>\n<p>Once Time has passed by.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World At Dark In the world at dark The sky is lit with Time&#8217;s glow, Each star a spark In so long a moment That there seems no start, No end, no movement That my eyes can know&#8230;, But how much farther my mind can go! To what avail? For what goal? To lose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradoconfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradoconfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradoconfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradoconfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradoconfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/coloradoconfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/coloradoconfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradoconfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradoconfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradoconfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}