{"id":12834,"date":"2015-06-14T02:43:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T06:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=12834"},"modified":"2015-06-14T02:43:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T06:43:22","slug":"hour-18-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/hour-18-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Sky is Uncertain of Rain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The sky is uncertain of rain as it pours<br \/>\nOn sand, on the canopy, on shores<br \/>\nI cannot speak for all the skies<br \/>\nBut I trust mine never lies<br \/>\nHe is different than all of his kin<br \/>\nPrudence with inexperience is his sin<br \/>\nHe gathers all strength and compassion<br \/>\nI see he needs them in remission<br \/>\nI see his face change countenance<br \/>\nAs rain flees, he denies admittance<br \/>\nBut there is a dislike within<br \/>\nHe warns nature here in<br \/>\nBut they understand not how<br \/>\nThey are not to love rain now<br \/>\nWhen all bliss is brought<br \/>\nWhen refuge is sought<br \/>\nThey know not why rain in all glee<br \/>\nCan dismiss the sky&#8217;s prudent decree<br \/>\nAnd through all our tries in his ways<br \/>\nHe defies rain, and away he sways<br \/>\nToo perplexed, an evening of rain<br \/>\nI asked my sky why it gives him pain<br \/>\nTo witness the heaven pour down<br \/>\nAnd find frosty wind in his surround<br \/>\nHesitant, he replies to me<br \/>\nWhat we all can&#8217;t see<br \/>\nIs as much as love rain brings<br \/>\nThere is a certain charm of strings<br \/>\nWhen all go stray and sin relives<br \/>\nAll this power that rain gives<br \/>\nHe says he denounces this bliss<br \/>\nFor it is his humble wish<br \/>\nAll order be restored in his reign<br \/>\nAnd we may lose not our gain<br \/>\nGone lost and baffled in rebellion<br \/>\nThat rain might bring on its stallion<br \/>\nI assure him of our virtue<br \/>\nNature understands it&#8217;s due<br \/>\nWe are not to be lost to a little freedom<br \/>\nRain might only be an escape from boredom<br \/>\nWe remained in battle gentle for some time<br \/>\nOne blames rain, one sings it&#8217;s rhyme<br \/>\nBut however at length I knew not<br \/>\nWhat I eventually thought<br \/>\nIs rain truly a sinful betrayal<br \/>\nOr the truth of love&#8217;s avowal?<br \/>\nI let go of this hefty fight<br \/>\nAnd returned myself to the sight<br \/>\nOf the deluge of rain that renders<br \/>\nAs Nature playfully surrenders<br \/>\nAnd as the sky though unfelt in his views<br \/>\nRemains compassionate enough to the dew<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sky is Uncertain of Rain The sky is uncertain of rain as it pours On sand, on the canopy, on shores I cannot speak for all the skies But I trust mine never lies He is different than all of his kin Prudence with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":310,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12834","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\/310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12843,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12834\/revisions\/12843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}