{"id":1544,"date":"2015-03-18T17:15:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T17:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2015-03-18T17:15:14","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T17:15:14","slug":"fleeting-shadows-confuse-the-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/fleeting-shadows-confuse-the-walker\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleeting Shadows Confuse the Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"
The game of love, which others find so effortless, so it appears, to this traveller of lifes journey is confusing at the best of times… <\/address>\n

Shadows play tricks on my light starved eye
\nAs I the watcher of these shapes dancing plead as to why
\nThey on my life tired eyes play tricks, illusions, charades
\nTurn fleeting light of light into darkness of a million shades.<\/p>\n

Yet I the walker, must stumble, stagger on my way,
\nForward: no retreat permitted in these mists of grey
\nThrough which others dance as if it appears as rain refreshing and clear
\nThat so murkey and confusing to me, the walker, does appear…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The game of love, which others find so effortless, so it appears, to this traveller of lifes journey is confusing at the best of times… Shadows play tricks on my light starved eye As I the watcher of these shapes dancing plead as to why They on my life tired …<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-1544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-love-poems","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-oU","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3870,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wonderful-women-atop-their-flying-machines\/","url_meta":{"origin":1544,"position":0},"title":"Wonderful Women Atop Their Flying Machines","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"9th August 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"To dance anywhere graceful is a feat, Looked upon by all beneath: Maybe its easier for them up there Where they dance and pose in the cold air... 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