{"id":52,"date":"2021-05-10T04:40:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T04:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/?p=52"},"modified":"2022-05-19T00:20:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T00:20:08","slug":"brought-in-on-wings-of-bird-and-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/index.php\/2021\/05\/10\/brought-in-on-wings-of-bird-and-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"brought in on wings of bird and wind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Brought in on wings of bird and wind<br>From caves of deepest marsh.<br>Within the midst of swarms of flocks <br>Yet at the head\u2014alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My carrier\u2014she flies too fast\u2014<br>Or is it she\u2019s too slow?<br>My face is frozen from the wind\u2014<br>But eyes\u2014they yearn for more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boulders fall down from the trees<br>As we weave through the trunks.<br>Burst open on the rocks below<br>Seeds spilling forth with speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We fly\u2014we fly\u2014o\u2019er fields of mud<br>Where little men are mold<br>(From single-celled slight origins)<br>By boys who play at God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Up <em>here<\/em> no God descends to fly<br>Just blue sky all around\u2014<br>And endless possibilities\u2014 <br>Yet many still seek land. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This view high up the grounds spread out<br>I\u2019d hold on with both hands!\u2014<br>Yet still my bird\u2014descending down\u2014<br>Please\u2014stop! I\u2019ll close my eyes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brought in on wings of bird and windFrom caves of deepest marsh.Within the midst of swarms of flocks Yet at the head\u2014alone. My carrier\u2014she flies <a href=\"https:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/index.php\/2021\/05\/10\/brought-in-on-wings-of-bird-and-wind\/\" class=\"btn btn-link continue-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[23,12,21],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139,"href":"https:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}