{"id":48810,"date":"2020-11-23T20:02:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T20:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=48810"},"modified":"2020-11-23T20:20:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T20:20:11","slug":"a-gambian-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/11\/a-gambian-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Gambian Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big brown eyes<br \/>\nA solid smile<br \/>\nA forest gazer<br \/>\nAnd many a mile<br \/>\nHe runs<br \/>\nHis gait is fast and sure<br \/>\nWildness and his<br \/>\nNeed for more<br \/>\nHis comprehension<br \/>\nIts from his core<br \/>\nHis choice of food<br \/>\nHe loves it raw<br \/>\nA brightness clearly<br \/>\nHe can feel<br \/>\nA life and knows<br \/>\nThat it is real<\/p>\n<p>His mother she has been his guide<br \/>\nHis teacher<br \/>\nOn her he\u2019s relied<br \/>\nA guiltlessness<br \/>\nAn unfallen state<br \/>\nAnd he can run<br \/>\nAt quite a rate<br \/>\nSo his breathings good<br \/>\nHe is lithe and strong<br \/>\nIn the forest he<br \/>\nFeels he does belong<br \/>\nIts where he\u2019s safe<br \/>\nIts where he knows<br \/>\nAnd its  everywhere<br \/>\nHe knows what grows<\/p>\n<p>A righteousness<br \/>\nAn integrity<br \/>\nIts his  shadow<br \/>\nHe can see<br \/>\nThe sky the plants<br \/>\nHis animal friends<br \/>\nAnd seraphic thoughts<br \/>\nHow he extends<br \/>\nJuicy fruits<br \/>\nAnd chlorophyl<br \/>\nThe falling water<br \/>\nThat does spill<br \/>\nUpon him<br \/>\nFrom a shower or two<br \/>\nHe feels that energy<br \/>\nThrough and through<\/p>\n<p>Communication<br \/>\nWith others he<br \/>\nIs lacking<br \/>\nBut in life he be<br \/>\nResponsive<br \/>\nTo the outward sounds<br \/>\nFalsely accused<br \/>\nUpon his rounds<br \/>\nApparently fearful<br \/>\nBut actually<br \/>\nIts the innocence<br \/>\nHow unworldly<br \/>\nAnimals he sees as friends<br \/>\nAnd within his spirit<br \/>\nWell he tends<br \/>\nNever to taste their flesh<br \/>\nFor he<br \/>\nSeeks leaves and fruits<br \/>\nFrom off the tree<\/p>\n<p>His mother Elija<br \/>\nLoves him so<br \/>\nHe fell from Heaven<br \/>\nAs we know<br \/>\nUntouched and modest<br \/>\nAnd loving he<br \/>\nIn essence in<br \/>\nhis sublimity<\/p>\n<p>A lovely boy<br \/>\nIn so many ways<br \/>\nOf course he is different<br \/>\nBut like the rays<br \/>\nOf the sun above<br \/>\nA joyous smile<br \/>\nThe colours he<br \/>\nAnd the sounds of the humble Bee<br \/>\nThe butterflies<br \/>\nThat share his space<br \/>\nAll at a similar<br \/>\nSoft quiet pace<\/p>\n<p>Born with Microcephaly but at 21 is a bright young man<br \/>\nIn his forest in Gambia<\/p>\n<p>Tweeted to Gambia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big brown eyes A solid smile A forest gazer And many a mile He runs His gait is fast and sure Wildness and his Need for more His comprehension Its from his core His choice of food He loves it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/11\/a-gambian-boy\/\">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":[344,173,194,316],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abandonment","category-activism","category-africa","category-forests-and-wild-places"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48810","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=48810"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48818,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48810\/revisions\/48818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}