{"id":229,"date":"2013-12-02T22:43:28","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T22:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=229"},"modified":"2014-08-13T22:46:36","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T22:46:36","slug":"snowflakes-in-another-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/snowflakes-in-another-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowflakes in Another Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Her heart beats for another,<br \/>\nLife goes on, he who has her hand,<br \/>\nAnd her heart, makes it beat faster,<br \/>\nUnder snowflakes in another land.<br \/>\nI have no love to give her,<br \/>\nFor Christmas all I can give is a silent prayer&#8230;<br \/>\nAs she looks up at snow laden skies,<br \/>\nAnd the snowflakes falling there&#8230;<br \/>\nI wonder what she thinks of them&#8230;<br \/>\nThose snowflakes that I wish could be&#8230;<br \/>\nThat fall softly upon her fair face&#8230;<br \/>\nCould be soft kisses sent to her from me&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2795\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2795\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2795\" alt=\"A Christmas romantic poem of unrequited love...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Falling-Snowflakes-at-Christmas.jpg\" width=\"586\" height=\"177\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Christmas romantic poem of unrequited love&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her heart beats for another, Life goes on, he who has her hand, And her heart, makes it beat faster, Under snowflakes in another land. 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