{"id":102,"date":"2010-11-17T17:54:10","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T21:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2011-04-11T12:25:49","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T16:25:49","slug":"a-moment-too-soon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/a-moment-too-soon","title":{"rendered":"A moment too soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wandering thoughts, a lost idea, a lazy second, another moment in time<br \/>\nRuffled hair, a missed connection, a faraway gaze, an experience sublime<br \/>\nA wasted hour, an empty morn, missed opportunity? \u2013 nah, not a crime<br \/>\nA wonderful peace, a golden glow \u2013 the gift of time \u2013 in its prime!<\/p>\n<p>Seekers came, philosophies abound, explain naught, but question more<br \/>\nShips of the dark night, they pass but rarely does one find a shore<br \/>\nEarthen body, astral mind, bound \u2013 but must allow the spirit to soar<br \/>\nMarried to this world, yet must find the will to let go or watch dark rain pour.<\/p>\n<p>A moment comes, lingers, languishes, awaits use, and then \u2013 lo \u2013 is gone<br \/>\nTime moves but forward, and only memory relives what might have been<br \/>\nWas that wasted? Or experience that enriches ? \u2013 knowledge hewn<br \/>\nEven a wistful glance teaches more than libraries thereon<\/p>\n<p>I have lazed, wasted, slept, and yet found my mind stepping farther<br \/>\nLife in a microcosm- hastening slowly \u2013 a splendid ardor<br \/>\nRipening like the fruit on the bough \u2013 slow growth makes the taste better<br \/>\nRush on, if you will \u2013 not for me is the speeder\u2019s canker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Mani<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wandering thoughts, a lost idea, a lazy second, another moment in time Ruffled hair, a missed connection, a faraway gaze, an experience sublime A wasted hour, an empty morn, missed opportunity? \u2013 nah, not a crime A wonderful peace, a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/a-moment-too-soon\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-102","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions\/118"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}