CROSSING\u00a0 OVER<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
They didn’t say that lake was too dangerous,<\/p>\n
the currents too strong, the winds<\/p>\n
too unpredictable for a solo rowboat.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
They didn’t see the darkened sky —<\/p>\n
how the stars mesmerized, the milky way<\/p>\n
a vast river where mind could disappear.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
They didn’t say, Don’t go just yet. <\/em><\/p>\n We’re not ready.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n I said I own that boat,<\/em><\/p>\n my oars strong and sturdy. <\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n I said I saw that river of stars;<\/em><\/p>\n that feverish twinkling,<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I will cross that lake,<\/p>\n follow that river.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I am rowing now..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CROSSING\u00a0 OVER They didn’t say that lake was too dangerous, the currents too strong, the winds too unpredictable for a solo rowboat. They didn’t see the darkened sky — how the stars mesmerized, the milky way a vast river where mind could disappear….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":768,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65963","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\/768"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65963"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66059,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65963\/revisions\/66059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}