\u201cThe land knows you, even when you are lost.\u201d<\/p>\n
The watery waves, though you are tempest tossed.<\/p>\n
And see not lighthouse, but rocky shores,<\/p>\n
Or sun-baked fields and gorse-filled moors.<\/p>\n
They\u2019ll both draw you down, deep down to their keep,<\/p>\n
To cover you over. To smother your sleep,<\/p>\n
That your slumber be only the memory you keep.<\/p>\n
Yes, they know when you\u2019re lost; devour death\u2019s sting\u2014<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And you thought you were the food chain king?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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