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Once upon a Summer Dream<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n On a beach tinted gold<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n By the rays of Sol,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I watched shadows<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Growing old too soon<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n And disappear\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Startled, I saw the sun dive out of sight<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Making way for<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n An overly- eager moon<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n And suddenly, it was dark\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n But, as Luna smiled upon the ocean,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n She turned the golden beach to silver\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I barely had a minute to admire the scene<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n When her silver began to fade<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n As she bowed out<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n And left only the stars behind;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I smiled and winked at my special star,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Amazed at how fast her glitter seemed to dim\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Early dawn, and Sol was back,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Galloping across the sky<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n And a few moments later<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Luna smiled upon the waves again,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Then bowed and disappeared\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Leaving only the stars again<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Disappearing in fleeting moments\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In retrosppect, I couldn’t help<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n but realize the tragedy of time<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Just hurtling by us as we,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In ignorance, perpetually fail<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n To grip, and take hold of,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Even a single moment…<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n And virtually let our entire life slip away<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n And disappear…<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Antoinette LeRoux <\/span><\/span>\u00a9<\/span><\/span><\/span> 2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Image courtesy of Annca at Pixabay Once upon a Summer Dream On a beach tinted gold By the rays of Sol, I watched shadows Growing old too soon And disappear\u2026 Startled, I saw the sun dive out of sight Making way for An…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":259,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49191","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\/259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49191"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49523,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49191\/revisions\/49523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}