{"id":757,"date":"2025-06-18T16:11:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T21:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=757"},"modified":"2025-06-18T16:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T21:11:07","slug":"ode-to-akira-my-silken-sprite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/ode-to-akira-my-silken-sprite","title":{"rendered":"Ode to Akira &#8211; My Silken Sprite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>She came not walking, but pirouetting in,<br>A velvet whisper wrapped in skin.<br>A voice like bells\u2014sweet, not meek\u2014<br>She knows what she wants, and she&#8217;s quick to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Treats. Attention. A rub. A gaze.<\/strong><br>And just when you pause, she ups her daze.<br>She weaves her demands with charm so sly,<br>You laugh, give in\u2014and don\u2019t ask why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She\u2019s a monkey in a feline suit,<br>With ballerina leaps and stealthy pursuit.<br>Chases socks like holy prey,<br>Dribbles trinkets the football way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Makeup? Jewelry? She\u2019s on the case.<br>A true connoisseur of style and grace.<br>Hair ties vanish\u2014don\u2019t look around\u2014<br>They\u2019ve met their queen, and they\u2019ve been crowned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh but a sneeze! A chair leg\u2019s shift!<br>A ghostly draft, a curtain\u2019s drift\u2014<br>And off she leaps in mid-air fright,<br>A poofy blur lost to the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then back she comes, without a care,<br>Rolling over, soft and rare\u2014<br>Glass-like sheen and silken thread,<br>With dreams of chaos in her head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She cuddles close, then strikes a pose,<br>A diva wrapped in fur and prose.<br>She sings to socks, she makes you grin,<br>She melts your armor from within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akira, joy on dancing toes,<br>You teach me more than wisdom knows:<br>To chase, to leap, to sing, to dare\u2014<br>To live with zest, and deeply care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each day you give is pure delight,<br>A tiny sunbeam wrapped in night.<br>And oh\u2014how blessed I am to be<br>The one you chose to share your spree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you, darling, fierce and free,<br>For choosing this short life with me.<br>For laughter, love, and heart\u2019s release\u2014<br>My silken sprite. My soul\u2019s bright peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>-Mani<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She came not walking, but pirouetting in,A velvet whisper wrapped in skin.A voice like bells\u2014sweet, not meek\u2014She knows what she wants, and she&#8217;s quick to speak. Treats. Attention. A rub. A gaze.And just when you pause, she ups her daze.She &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/ode-to-akira-my-silken-sprite\">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-757","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/757","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=757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/757\/revisions\/758"}],"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=757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}