{"id":2089,"date":"2019-03-01T19:52:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T19:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ravensplayland.com\/wpRAVEN\/?p=2089"},"modified":"2019-03-01T19:52:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T19:52:43","slug":"play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ravensplayland.com\/wpRAVEN\/2019\/03\/01\/play\/","title":{"rendered":"Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Play<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nBy Domma Leigh<\/p>\n<p>Long ago I was able to play<br \/>\nSee the sun and soak up the rays<br \/>\nThe clouds moved in turning the day<br \/>\nInto a living dreary gray<\/p>\n<p>Long ago I was able to play<br \/>\nLetting the waves cover me in the spray<br \/>\nThey closed the beach to my dismay<br \/>\nLetting it go into decay<\/p>\n<p>Time past by, no time for play<br \/>\nIt was time for work everyday<br \/>\nI took my role in this dismal play<br \/>\nBeing what they wanted me to portray<\/p>\n<p>I let my soul dwindle away<br \/>\nTurning into a cold, formless clay<br \/>\nNo longer me, I had lost my way<br \/>\nI didn\u2019t care where my future lay<\/p>\n<p>A beckon from a place far away<br \/>\nTouched my soul in a bright array<br \/>\nSpeaking words it had to convey<br \/>\nIt called me forward, I had to obey<\/p>\n<p>It whispered softly what it had to say<br \/>\nI am alone, come to me, is what I pray<br \/>\nYou will never have to fight alone in the fray<br \/>\nI am here and will never go away<\/p>\n<p>Yes I was afraid and want to run away<br \/>\nBut the words called to me each and every day<br \/>\nFilling me like the scent of a fresh bouquet.<br \/>\nAwaking the spirit that long ago stray<\/p>\n<p>I move within this new ballet<br \/>\nDancing in the swirl of this sweet getaway.<br \/>\nHoping deep inside I would not be betray<br \/>\nLiving again in a new sunray.<\/p>\n<p>The time is now, it\u2019s time to play<br \/>\nThe music plays sweeping the pain away<br \/>\nI will trust once more, come what may<br \/>\nWith my friend at my side, everything is okay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play By Domma Leigh Long ago I was able to play See the sun and soak up the rays The clouds moved in turning the day Into a living dreary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravensplayland.com\/wpRAVEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravensplayland.com\/wpRAVEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravensplayland.com\/wpRAVEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravensplayland.com\/wpRAVEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravensplayland.com\/wpRAVEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ravensplayland.com\/wpRAVEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2090,"href":"https:\/\/ravensplayland.com\/wpRAVEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089\/revisions\/2090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravensplayland.com\/wpRAVEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravensplayland.com\/wpRAVEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravensplayland.com\/wpRAVEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}