The meadows through which my dancing heart
\nHas often ambled with abondoned glee
\nAre now overgrown by thorns
\nThrough which it now cannot walk free.
\nAnd a heart like mine that will not sit,
\nBut wants to run and play and dance
\nGets scratched and torn and ripped and worn
\nWhene’re it boldly takes the chance.
\nWe all tend to the meadows
\nIn which our own and others hearts play
\nAnd prune the briars with kind words
\nAnd clear through a paths way.
\nAll you say and do cuts a swarth
\nIn front of where it stands
\nShould it cuts weeds or dancing hearts
\nDepends upon your hands.
\nSwing your syth, take care
\nAnd take good aim,
\nClear a pathway for a dancing heart,
\nOr for its death take the blame<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The meadows through which my dancing heart Has often ambled with abondoned glee Are now overgrown by thorns Through which it now cannot walk free. And a heart like mine that will not sit, But wants to run and play and dance Gets scratched and torn and ripped and worn …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[71,74,65,72,73],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-advice-for-life","tag-feelings","tag-life-2","tag-positive-thinking","tag-words-hurt","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-v","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":495,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/clock-ticks-on-the-wall\/","url_meta":{"origin":31,"position":0},"title":"Clock Ticks on the Wall","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"12th April 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lCzyxCdj98s Not here, an empty barstool Glass slowly emptied before being replaced Clock ticks on the wall Swear words from the stood up, the disgraced Others come in, laughing couples, eyes shining Glass rattled, a nod, a new pint poured Clock ticks on the wall Anger rises, she once loved,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Heartbreak Poems"","block_context":{"text":"Heartbreak Poems","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/love-poems\/heartbreak-poems\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/lCzyxCdj98s\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3606,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/they-are-dancing-tonight\/","url_meta":{"origin":31,"position":1},"title":"They Are Dancing Tonight","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"12th March 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/l5F4waoLT84?t=112 They are dancing tonight, the fine women Loud is the music, beyond thinking They are out upon the mountain Vodka, by the bottle, drinking! 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