{"id":287,"date":"2023-03-29T09:55:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T14:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=287"},"modified":"2023-04-04T20:38:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T01:38:12","slug":"the-true-value-of-love","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/the-true-value-of-love","title":{"rendered":"The true value of love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Love, oh love, what worth can we ascribe,<br>To such a force that makes our spirits thrive?<br>Is it the moments of passion and delight,<br>That fill our hearts and make our world so bright?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or is it something deeper still,<br>A bond that weaves our hearts and wills,<br>A force that lasts beyond mere lust,<br>And lingers still when passion&#8217;s dust has rust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The true value of love is hard to define,<br>For it transcends the physical, the sublime,<br>It&#8217;s a force that binds us in times of strife,<br>And lifts us up when we&#8217;ve lost our life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is the hand that guides us through the dark,<br>The light that shines upon our heart,<br>It is the joy that comes from sacrifice,<br>The peace that comes from knowing we&#8217;re not alone in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love is the precious gem that we seek,<br>That glows within us and makes us complete,<br>It&#8217;s the gift we give and receive,<br>A bond that lasts beyond what we perceive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So let us treasure the love we find,<br>And hold it close with heart and mind,<br>For in its power, we will find,<br>A true value that&#8217;s one of a kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Mani<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love, oh love, what worth can we ascribe,To such a force that makes our spirits thrive?Is it the moments of passion and delight,That fill our hearts and make our world so bright? Or is it something deeper still,A bond that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/the-true-value-of-love\">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":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-287","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287","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=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287\/revisions\/288"}],"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=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}