{"id":22869,"date":"2016-08-13T18:03:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T22:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=22869"},"modified":"2021-06-27T08:32:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T12:32:19","slug":"the-wooden-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/the-wooden-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wooden Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I walk this winding wooden trail<br \/>\nWith beauty everywhere<br \/>\nToward a peaceful destination<br \/>\nFilled with dreams beyond compare<br \/>\nEach and every way I look<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s wonder clearly shines<br \/>\nBlessing every step I talk<br \/>\nFor He has made this life mine<\/p>\n<p>I see the water, so pristine<br \/>\nThe trees so lush and green<br \/>\nAnd find myself well moved to tears<br \/>\nI&#8217;m blessed by what I&#8217;ve seen<br \/>\nBut, sadly so few take the time<br \/>\nTo appreciate the wonder<br \/>\nA world so quickly passing by<br \/>\nSo often torn asunder<\/p>\n<p>What are the dreams I seek to find<br \/>\nUpon this wooden trail?<br \/>\nI keep these dreams within my mind<br \/>\nFor each remains quite frail<br \/>\nI hold them close, so tenderly<br \/>\nUntil they reach their home<br \/>\nAnd when I find their sacred place<br \/>\nThey will be free to roam<\/p>\n<p>My hope is by the trailway&#8217;s end<br \/>\nThese dreams will at last excite<br \/>\nAnd the power held within each one<br \/>\nWill rapidly ignite<br \/>\nFor sometimes serenity is blessed<br \/>\nAnd we all should stop and smile<br \/>\nJust basking in the natural wonder<br \/>\nIf only for awhile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I walk this winding wooden trail With beauty everywhere Toward a peaceful destination Filled with dreams beyond compare Each and every way I look God&#8217;s wonder clearly shines Blessing every step I talk For He has made this life mine I see the water, so&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":692,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7,1136,441],"tags":[680,1415,1157,1684],"class_list":["post-22869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-marathon-poem","category-official-marathon-prompts","category-poetry-prompt-responses","tag-poetrymarathon","tag-nature-poetry","tag-poetrymarathon2016","tag-serenity-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22869","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\/692"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22955,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22869\/revisions\/22955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}