{"id":117668,"date":"2022-06-25T23:20:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T03:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=117668"},"modified":"2022-06-25T23:20:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T03:20:28","slug":"hour-15-the-rootless-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/hour-15-the-rootless-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 15: The Rootless Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There it stands<br \/>\nBut not really<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a tree without legs<br \/>\nA rootless tree<\/p>\n<p>A rare sight in wild<br \/>\nSomething that shouldn&#8217;t survive<br \/>\nYet still it does and thrives<br \/>\nShowing off a crown of lush green<\/p>\n<p>But how and why?<br \/>\nSomething that&#8217;s so beyond reason?<br \/>\nMaybe, maybe not<br \/>\nYou see, it&#8217;s not alone<\/p>\n<p>Another tree stands by its side<br \/>\nComplete with healthy roots<br \/>\nAnd sturdy trunk, which it uses<br \/>\nTo support its friend in need<\/p>\n<p>Humans, I think, are similar<br \/>\nWe survive because we band together<br \/>\nWe thrive because we grow together<br \/>\nSo why must we fight?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s all be like the healthy tree<br \/>\nAnd share our roots,<br \/>\nWith our brothers and sisters<br \/>\nSo they can survive as well<\/p>\n<p>And thrive!<br \/>\nLike that rootless tree.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tumblr_l_592957486144175-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-117835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tumblr_l_592957486144175-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tumblr_l_592957486144175-651x1024.jpg 651w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tumblr_l_592957486144175-768x1209.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tumblr_l_592957486144175-976x1536.jpg 976w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tumblr_l_592957486144175.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There it stands But not really It&#8217;s a tree without legs A rootless tree A rare sight in wild Something that shouldn&#8217;t survive Yet still it does and thrives Showing off a crown of lush green But how and why? Something that&#8217;s so beyond reason?&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":843,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117668","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\/843"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117851,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117668\/revisions\/117851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}