{"id":1034,"date":"2015-06-19T08:23:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T12:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2018-06-08T16:18:17","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T20:18:17","slug":"in-your-own-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/?p=1034","title":{"rendered":"In Your Own Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Your Own Time<\/p>\n<p>By Jennifer Angelina Petro<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the shadow of trees<br \/>\nThe owl glides over the moonlit marsh, like a dream.<br \/>\nFireflies drift into shadow-dappled fields, like<br \/>\nA slow carnival of stars.<br \/>\nBats break free from the shadow-shawled branches, like<br \/>\nPieces of darkness fluttering through the sky.<br \/>\nIt is alright to live in the shadows.<br \/>\nCandles and gold are brightest there.<br \/>\nIt is also alright\u2014more than alright-<br \/>\nTo burst forth from the shadows, like<br \/>\nMorning through the trees,<br \/>\nTo climb over riverbanks and spread over the shore<br \/>\nPerfectly imperfect\u2014loving the shadows<br \/>\nFor who they are, knowing their purpose is pure<br \/>\nAs midnight, pure as cricket song, pure<br \/>\nAs the talons of the owl bloom from the darkness<br \/>\nAnd descend, joyously, full of hunger,<br \/>\nTowards the object of her desire.<br \/>\nIt is alright\u2014it is more than alright<br \/>\nTo be who and what you are\u2014<br \/>\nNo matter the shadows, no matter the light\u2014<br \/>\nThe fields of the world<br \/>\nAwait the beating of your wings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form method=\"post\" action=\"\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.163\" \/><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br \/><input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value == 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"F4CK35BRFLT4Y\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Your Own Time By Jennifer Angelina Petro &nbsp; &nbsp; In the shadow of trees The owl glides over the moonlit marsh, like a dream. Fireflies drift into shadow-dappled fields, like A slow carnival of stars. Bats break free from the shadow-shawled branches, like Pieces of darkness fluttering through the sky. It is alright to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[413,415,181,833,414,416,834],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1034"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1928,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034\/revisions\/1928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}