{"id":5228,"date":"2013-01-22T18:32:46","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T18:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5228"},"modified":"2013-01-22T18:38:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T18:38:47","slug":"to-dance-perchance-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/01\/to-dance-perchance-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"To dance perchance to be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She dances as a butterfly<br \/>\nwould visit blossoms, she<br \/>\nsups the glorious nectar<br \/>\nas does the bumble bee<br \/>\nthe music of Spring breezes<br \/>\nthat echo around these parts<br \/>\nshe is forever graceful<br \/>\nthough can sometimes break hearts<br \/>\nI feel my heart is taken<br \/>\nnot broken but a token<br \/>\nI am again awoken<br \/>\nto all the simple facets<br \/>\nof the dance before my eyes<br \/>\nshe stops and pirouettes<br \/>\nand of course, I realise<br \/>\nthe beauty of her fluttering<br \/>\nthe peacefulness, she goes<br \/>\nupwards, onwards,sideways<br \/>\nwith remarkable repose<br \/>\nevery which way silently<br \/>\nsensationally survives<br \/>\nsilken bodice, soft pink shoes<br \/>\na satiny surprise<br \/>\nshe dances as a maiden<br \/>\nmilks the grace and finery<br \/>\nleaves bow down to welcome her<br \/>\na starry binary<br \/>\nan intelligence personified<br \/>\nfor earth magic is her fire<br \/>\na dancer in the now, she is<br \/>\nand I do so desire<br \/>\nto watch each placid moment<br \/>\neach curl of foot and wing<br \/>\neach delicate arc attraction<br \/>\nthat gently she does bring<br \/>\nto every scene she does perform<br \/>\nher art is mine to feel<br \/>\nshe is my truth she is my love<br \/>\nfor me she is so real<br \/>\nI awaken from my slumber<br \/>\nto see her and to know<br \/>\neverything about her<br \/>\nin my heart does grow<br \/>\nshe is the breath that fills<br \/>\nmy lungs<br \/>\nthe blood that fills my veins<br \/>\nshe is the water in my soul<br \/>\nher qi it now rains<br \/>\ndown on me forever<br \/>\nfor without her I&#8217;m no more<br \/>\njust a desert without water<br \/>\nor a mirage to ignore<br \/>\nor a simple euphemism<br \/>\nwhere many are not sure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> to dance is to be <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/01\/to-dance-perchance-to-be\/\">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":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethereal-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5228","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=5228"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5231,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5228\/revisions\/5231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}