{"id":659,"date":"2022-12-09T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/?p=659"},"modified":"2022-12-09T11:41:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T11:41:12","slug":"amended-a-collection-of-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/?p=659","title":{"rendered":"Amended: A Collection of Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Closest to the Moon <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would say you\u2019re like the sun<br>But no clouds could ban your light<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I say you\u2019re like the stars<br>But they only shine at night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I\u2019ll compare you to the Moon<br>Because you never quite<br>Shared with me\u2026<br>Your dark side<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Mountain&#8217;s Peak<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I must avow<br>That I shan\u2019t keep<br>Away for long<br>If time you seek<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I must recall<br>That I can\u2019t sleep<br>Until alone<br>And my dreams grow deep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I do uphold<br>To what I speak<br>If I ever reach<br>The mountain\u2019s peak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The one with stairs<br>And a tower might be<br>The one to meet you\u2026<br>As I pass away overnight<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Amended<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amended<br>It is not fully changed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amended<br>It distantly remains<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A mended phrase<br>A mended life<br>A mended love<br>And wounded rife<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amen dead-are<br>The words of faith<br>Changed but by truth<br>Of our own wraith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>While the Rest of the World Isn\u2019t Looking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think not of<br>The prior steps<br>The ones just taken<br>Without much depth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think not of<br>The rivers dry<br>From mountain tops<br>Water arrives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think not of<br>How much it rains<br>For some see only<br>The dress without stains<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think not of<br>The changes made<br>While the rest of the world isn\u2019t looking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Closest to the Moon I would say you\u2019re like the sunBut no clouds could ban your light So I say you\u2019re like the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=659"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":676,"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions\/676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueandread.asbarcelona.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}