{"id":1517,"date":"2015-03-10T10:34:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T10:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2015-03-10T10:34:59","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T10:34:59","slug":"alchemy-in-reverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/alchemy-in-reverse\/","title":{"rendered":"Alchemy in Reverse"},"content":{"rendered":"

The wizard that is life and its cruel blows
\nTakes the dreams we have been sold
\nSmashes them before our very eyes
\nAnd our hearts that once were gold
\nFull of hopes and dreams for times to come
\nThat were yours and were mine…
\nBefore our eyes, Alchemy in reverse
\ngold is turned: into urine…<\/p>\n

\"Henning<\/a>
Henning Brand discovering phosperous<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\n

Alchemists of old, tried to make gold from Urine… and while alchemy is now classed a pseudoscience, phosphorous and other advances were discovered and developed during the time of its practice. Master Time is like the worst alchemist ever, the trials it throws at us in life turns our hearts and dreams, made from gold from birth, into urine, alchemy in reverse!<\/p><\/address>\n

Reference:
\nhttp:\/\/www.omgfacts.com\/lists\/4851\/German-alchemist-Hennig-Brand-discovered-phosphorus-while-trying-to-make-gold-from-pee-abe8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The wizard that is life and its cruel blows Takes the dreams we have been sold Smashes them before our very eyes And our hearts that once were gold Full of hopes and dreams for times to come That were yours and were mine… Before our eyes, Alchemy in reverse …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,145],"tags":[1706,1708,1709,399,1211,1707,65,362,18,1710],"class_list":["post-1517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-love-poems","tag-alchemy","tag-broken-dreams","tag-gold","tag-heart","tag-heartbreak","tag-henning-brand","tag-life-2","tag-love","tag-love-poem","tag-urine","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-ot","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1514,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/heart-turned-to-gold-or-stone\/","url_meta":{"origin":1517,"position":0},"title":"Heart Turned To Gold or Stone","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"10th March 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The heart shall turn forged by life, love and pain To gold, or maybe to stone, To be mined from the chest by life, Left empty, left alone... 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