{"id":24493,"date":"2015-11-11T12:22:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T12:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=24493"},"modified":"2015-12-08T10:09:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T10:09:38","slug":"the-child-and-the-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/11\/the-child-and-the-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"The child and the fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The actuality of it<br \/>\nThe blatancy of life<br \/>\nThe fish lies on the rocky shore<br \/>\nClearly in such strife<br \/>\nThe child&#8217;s eyes see a situation<br \/>\nA stillness unblushingly<br \/>\nA state of grace and purity<br \/>\nImmaculate and free<\/p>\n<p>It does not move it seems alien<br \/>\nIt should be in the sea<br \/>\nIn a shroud of innocence<br \/>\nAnd incorruptibility<br \/>\nWhy does it lie  there motionless<br \/>\nIts condition though pristine<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t think that its breathing<br \/>\nWhy is god so mean?<br \/>\nThats what the child is thinking<br \/>\nIts parents at its side<br \/>\nSitting at the waters edge<br \/>\nWith its spirit to confide<br \/>\nWhy is it you have come here<br \/>\nAre you in much pain<br \/>\nI am splashing water on you<br \/>\nAgain and again and again<\/p>\n<p>But you just are not moving<br \/>\nI touch you and you won&#8217;t respond<br \/>\nYou really are so beautiful<br \/>\nYour golden scales I am fond<br \/>\nOf golden scales and your great big eye<br \/>\nIts black as night and you<br \/>\nCan see me I believe you can<br \/>\nAnd that you hold me true<\/p>\n<p>I really cant stop crying mother<br \/>\nThis sweet soul lying here<br \/>\nLetting me pet her<br \/>\nIs she dying<br \/>\nIs she feeling fear<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She is passing darling&#8221;<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t fret she is on her way<br \/>\nTo heaven please don&#8217;t cry dear<br \/>\nBut mummy its no way<\/p>\n<p>For such a beautiful fishy<br \/>\nTo lie here motionless<br \/>\nI feel so very sorry<br \/>\nFor her and for all her stress<\/p>\n<p>The fish had passed on clearly<br \/>\nWho knows why for she<br \/>\nWas beautiful in the sunlight<br \/>\nOn the sand beside the sea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The actuality of it The blatancy of life The fish lies on the rocky shore Clearly in such strife The child&#8217;s eyes see a situation A stillness unblushingly A state of grace and purity Immaculate and free It does not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/11\/the-child-and-the-fish\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[170],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-children-and-their-plight-in-a-adult-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24493"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24932,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24493\/revisions\/24932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}