{"id":184,"date":"2014-03-24T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T07:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4gi.wtf\/wp\/?p=184"},"modified":"2021-12-08T10:17:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T18:17:24","slug":"beyond-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/looseassociations.com\/?p=184","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rough waters, stormy skies, I saw her leave the gale,<\/div>\n
Sails white against a copper sunset sky.<\/div>\n
Alone in comical dress against the storm, I followed for a time;<\/div>\n
She flagged, but did not come about,<\/div>\n
Leaving just that glimpse, feeling oddly much, knowing nought.<\/div>\n
So vast a sea, such encounters ought not repeat, yet I did not forget<\/div>\n
For half a thousand days and oft, when storm clouds<\/div>\n
Roiled in approaching skies, I would see her sails in the distance.<\/div>\n
Following after, I might escape the storm,<\/div>\n
But following from so far kept her always safely out of reach.<\/div>\n
Then on a day becalmed, I drifted without care into a harbor<\/div>\n
Her sails unexpected, bright, no wind in sight,<\/div>\n
We sat at anchor drifting here and there, closer, farther<\/div>\n
With the tide; I hailed her at last.<\/div>\n
The breeze returned and, with unaccustomed finality, she sailed.<\/div>\n
Then came the storm, so I understood why she had come<\/div>\n
But why, then, had she left?<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

— Ron Risley<\/span> – 2014-03-24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rough waters, stormy skies, I saw her leave the gale, Sails white against a copper sunset sky. Alone in comical dress against the storm, I followed for a time; She flagged, but did not come about, Leaving just that glimpse, feeling oddly much, knowing nought. So vast a sea, such encounters ought not repeat, yet … Continue reading Beyond the Storm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/looseassociations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/looseassociations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/looseassociations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/looseassociations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/looseassociations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/looseassociations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255,"href":"https:\/\/looseassociations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions\/255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/looseassociations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/looseassociations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/looseassociations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}