{"id":25937,"date":"2016-08-13T23:33:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T03:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=25937"},"modified":"2016-08-13T23:33:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T03:33:45","slug":"mirror-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/mirror-mirror\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirror Mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mirror, Mirror, what do I see?<br \/>\nI see a blue eyed infant,<br \/>\nGazing intently at me.<br \/>\nA lively being full of love and grace,<br \/>\nThe innocent smile is unmistakable,<br \/>\nYet, never leaves his angel like face.<\/p>\n<p>Mirror, Mirror, What do I see?<br \/>\nI see an adventurous toddler,<br \/>\nLooking back at me.<br \/>\nA curious soul, testing his limits,<br \/>\nThe word no is simply misunderstood,<br \/>\nYet, he is shy and timid.<\/p>\n<p>Mirror, Mirror, What do I see?<br \/>\nI see an active preschooler,<br \/>\nSeriously watching me.<br \/>\nLife is a question mark Why?<br \/>\nA wondrous world we live in,<br \/>\nCan only be explained with a sigh.<\/p>\n<p>Mirror, Mirror, What do I see?<br \/>\nI see a mischievous child,<br \/>\nGlancing back at me.<br \/>\nTasks were done without fear,<br \/>\nNew beginnings were a challenge,<br \/>\nBut, he never once shed a tear.<\/p>\n<p>Mirror, Mirror, What do I see?<br \/>\nI see an outstanding teen,<br \/>\nStaring directly at me.<br \/>\nHe is involved in school and sports,<br \/>\nWhile greatly caring about others,<br \/>\nOn and off the golf course.<\/p>\n<p>Mirror, Mirror, What do I see?<br \/>\nI see a proud graduate<br \/>\nLooking back at me.<br \/>\nAs Bryan walks across the stage,<br \/>\nOn this day, May 13, 2005,<br \/>\nHe recieves a diploma and embarks on minimum wage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/poetrypen.com\/cgi-bin\/index.pl?sitename=poetry243&amp;item=feedback&amp;title=Mirror+Images&amp;poemnumber=7517\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mirror, Mirror, what do I see? I see a blue eyed infant, Gazing intently at me. A lively being full of love and grace, The innocent smile is unmistakable, Yet, never leaves his angel like face. Mirror, Mirror, What do I see? I see an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":921,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25937","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\/921"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25941,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25937\/revisions\/25941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}