{"id":109250,"date":"2022-06-25T12:43:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T16:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=109250"},"modified":"2022-07-14T19:06:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T23:06:15","slug":"music-of-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/music-of-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Music of the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world is full of music.<\/p>\n<p>The music of the heart<\/p>\n<p>It sounds with each beat.<\/p>\n<p>The rhythm of life it steadily keeps.<\/p>\n<p>A heart of music; a melody blend.<\/p>\n<p>The pulse of each vein<\/p>\n<p>that mixes \u00a0with time and breath.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>tap, tap, tap goes the beat.<\/p>\n<p>The sounds that penetrate<\/p>\n<p>and permeate the ears.<\/p>\n<p>something that rests in the soul<\/p>\n<p>the beauty and the magnitude<\/p>\n<p>that draws us to the primitive call<\/p>\n<p>of love long since forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Music of the heart<\/p>\n<p>is like a babbling brook<\/p>\n<p>with a gentleness<\/p>\n<p>only music can give.<\/p>\n<p>ebbing in an easy fashion.<\/p>\n<p>penetrating the soul<\/p>\n<p>as it courses through the veins.<\/p>\n<p>All sounds don\u2019t blend<\/p>\n<p>to make a concerto so sweet,<\/p>\n<p>but from the discord<\/p>\n<p>other sounds escape<\/p>\n<p>to claim their rightful place.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The falling of a rock on dry crusted land,<\/p>\n<p>or the belch of a volcanos roar.<\/p>\n<p>All blend together<\/p>\n<p>to make a melody<\/p>\n<p>of unparalleled magnificence<\/p>\n<p>that only the heart can discern.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Music that will stir the emotions;<\/p>\n<p>settles the fears;<\/p>\n<p>calms the mind<\/p>\n<p>as it relaxes the spirit<\/p>\n<p>Nothing else can soothe like<\/p>\n<p>the sound of music.<\/p>\n<p>the music of the heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world is full of music. The music of the heart It sounds with each beat. The rhythm of life it steadily keeps. A heart of music; a melody blend. The pulse of each vein that mixes \u00a0with time and breath. &nbsp; tap, tap, tap&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1739,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109250","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\/1739"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109250"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124895,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109250\/revisions\/124895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}