{"id":108379,"date":"2022-06-25T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=108379"},"modified":"2022-06-25T12:11:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T16:11:36","slug":"let-me-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/let-me-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Me Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunlight dances across her tiny cheeks<\/p>\n<p>Unhindered by grownup life,<\/p>\n<p>She runs and jumps high,<\/p>\n<p>There is no strife.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Blowing dandelion kisses to the sky,<\/p>\n<p>Laughter and giggles fill the air.<\/p>\n<p>Not a hint of how or where<\/p>\n<p>Life will take her.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not a hint of how confusion<\/p>\n<p>Will overtake the joy of innocence<\/p>\n<p>In days to come.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not a hint of hurt,<\/p>\n<p>horror or agony\u00a0of loss,<\/p>\n<p>yet known.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And, yes, not a hint of joy<\/p>\n<p>that comes\u00a0with<\/p>\n<p>tomorrow&#8217;s love<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Or the blessings from above,<\/p>\n<p>When surrendered life<\/p>\n<p>Overcomes the doubt,<\/p>\n<p>The doubt that life is all about.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let me dance<\/p>\n<p>In the Love that comes<\/p>\n<p>From the Light,<\/p>\n<p>The Light that comes<\/p>\n<p>From The Son.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunlight dances across her tiny cheeks Unhindered by grownup life, She runs and jumps high, There is no strife. &nbsp; Blowing dandelion kisses to the sky, Laughter and giggles fill the air. Not a hint of how or where Life will take her. &nbsp; Not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":880,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108379","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\/880"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108379"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109142,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108379\/revisions\/109142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}