{"id":299,"date":"2023-03-30T06:13:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T11:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=299"},"modified":"2023-04-04T20:37:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T01:37:30","slug":"innocence-the-child-and-the-truly-free-spirit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/innocence-the-child-and-the-truly-free-spirit","title":{"rendered":"Innocence, the child, and the truly free spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-plain is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">A child with eyes so bright and clear\nPure innocence that's so sincere\nA heart that beats with freedom's song\nA free spirit that's always strong\n\nOh, how they dance and laugh with glee\nSo full of life, so wild and free\nTheir soul unburdened by life's woes\nTheir spirit free, like a bird that flows\n\nInnocent, they see the world anew\nA place of wonder, bright and true\nThey find beauty in the simplest things\nA butterfly's wings, a bird that sings\n\nTheir laughter echoes in the air\nA sound that's pure, without a care\nTheir heart so pure, their spirit wild\nThey're like a free-spirited child\n\nInnocence, a treasure so rare\nA child's heart, a soul that's fair\nMay we hold on to this gift so true\nAnd keep our free spirit alive too.\n\n-<em>Mani<\/em><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A child with eyes so bright and clear Pure innocence that&#8217;s so sincere A heart that beats with freedom&#8217;s song A free spirit that&#8217;s always strong Oh, how they dance and laugh with glee So full of life, so wild &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/innocence-the-child-and-the-truly-free-spirit\">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-299","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299","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=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299\/revisions\/322"}],"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=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}