{"id":48224,"date":"2019-06-22T12:29:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T16:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=48224"},"modified":"2019-06-22T12:29:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T16:29:43","slug":"the-last-meditation-hour-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/the-last-meditation-hour-4\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Meditation, Hour 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He sits,feeling the physical<br \/>\nHands once callused now soft and scarred<br \/>\nStrong arms weakened, joints arthritic<br \/>\nThe youthful drive throttled back by time<\/p>\n<p>Body deteriorating, he retreats back into the mind<br \/>\nSits on crossed shaky legs<br \/>\nBack aching<br \/>\nBut despite body&#8217;s entropy, he smiles, satisfied<\/p>\n<p>Each scar on those once callused hands a testament to his sacrifice<br \/>\nHis willingness to pit muscle against stone<br \/>\nTo set brick and build foundations<br \/>\nTo fell trees and mill lumber<br \/>\nTo build shelter for those caught up in the storm<\/p>\n<p>The legacy he&#8217;s left behind<br \/>\nA reminder of a life well lived<br \/>\nHe closes his eyes, smile widens<br \/>\nReflecting on every fortunate moment granted<br \/>\nEvery goal accomplished<br \/>\nEvery heart touched<br \/>\nEvery mind expanded<br \/>\nEvery being loved<\/p>\n<p>He sighs<\/p>\n<p>The work in this realm finished,<br \/>\nWithout saying goodbye,<br \/>\nHe drifts back to Source<br \/>\nAnd begins to build again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He sits,feeling the physical Hands once callused now soft and scarred Strong arms weakened, joints arthritic The youthful drive throttled back by time Body deteriorating, he retreats back into the mind Sits on crossed shaky legs Back aching But despite body&#8217;s entropy, he smiles, satisfied&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":781,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48224","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\/781"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48708,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48224\/revisions\/48708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}