{"id":102693,"date":"2021-06-27T08:13:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T12:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=102693"},"modified":"2021-06-27T08:13:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T12:13:19","slug":"heaven-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/heaven-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>As<\/b> it is said of a Man&#8217;s journey (that he is always on a pilgrimage);<\/p>\n<p>Wondering about the three basic things: food, clothing, and shelter.<\/p>\n<p><b>At<\/b> the beginning of the journey, his determination is so strong<\/p>\n<p>That if his problems are high like Mount Everest there won&#8217;t have been a setback.<\/p>\n<p><b>Along<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b>the way he made friends; some good others bad.<\/p>\n<p>Did these change his thinking? Of course, it did.<\/p>\n<p>Never in his life could he have found so much knowledge from such gatherings.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><b>Apart<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b>from humans, he made friends with animals too,<\/p>\n<p>Some he drew close others he drew closer,<\/p>\n<p>Some he turned their hides as coverings and dispersed.<\/p>\n<p><b>As<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b>for his shelter, for a start, he slept on trees,<\/p>\n<p>Then roadsides but as time moved on he got a roof for his head.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><b>Aside<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b>from this, he devoted time to his work releasing his energy unidirectionally.<\/p>\n<p>Later, he became bored and sought out his friends.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><b>Alone<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b>he became, at his secret corner he felt a longing<\/p>\n<p>So ripening,<\/p>\n<p>Deep down in his heart, he hungers for a pure heart to fill his mind and soul.<\/p>\n<p>Little did he know, he couldn&#8217;t get such even having married a beautiful fair damsel with a pure heart.<\/p>\n<p><b>Although<\/b> this gap was filled temporarily<\/p>\n<p>As little offsprings came through.<\/p>\n<p>He smiled at the joy on their faces.<b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><b>At<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b>the fullness of time when his age has risen and journey deepening,<\/p>\n<p>He realized there was no place like home.<\/p>\n<p>He needs to return home.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><b>As<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b>do we all when the time comes.<\/p>\n<p>We will return home soon or later.<\/p>\n<p>Either alone, full, or with families.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/4812274666961438459\/8188494269102599998#\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;data-original-href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-iiZSMfJgtb8\/V9lGinf5IiI\/AAAAAAAABDI\/ic3-uCoFu-8\/s1600\/images.jpeg&quot;,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-iiZSMfJgtb8\/V9lGinf5IiI\/AAAAAAAABDI\/ic3-uCoFu-8\/s640\/images.jpeg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As it is said of a Man&#8217;s journey (that he is always on a pilgrimage); Wondering about the three basic things: food, clothing, and shelter. At the beginning of the journey, his determination is so strong That if his problems are high like Mount Everest&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1361,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1361"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102811,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102693\/revisions\/102811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}