{"id":2665,"date":"2023-04-22T13:50:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T17:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/?p=2665"},"modified":"2023-05-30T20:03:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T00:03:43","slug":"yes-and-because-by-radiance-angelina-petro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/?p=2665","title":{"rendered":"Yes and Because, by Radiance Angelina Petro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes and Because<\/p>\n<p>by<\/p>\n<p>Radiance Angelina Petro<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause,\u201d say the lavender colored peonies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy shouldn\u2019t we?\u201d say the red tulips and yellow daffodils.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>Bees hover and bob their diligent-honeyed answer: \u201cbecause, why not?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cherry blossom petals by the thousands whisper<\/p>\n<p>as they sail into the wind: \u201cIt cannot be otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The magnolia trees nod in agreement,<\/p>\n<p>and the evening sun-glinted-murmurating sparrows<\/p>\n<p>sporting with the sky sing as one: \u201cIt\u2019s true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From tadpoles wiggling in green-bordered ponds,<\/p>\n<p>lifting themselves from muck and silt to sun and moon,<\/p>\n<p>to the humpback whale arcing an impossible turn into the air&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>they all say: \u201cYes! It is always yes and because!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And I keep walking, remembering once again<\/p>\n<p>with every step\u2014the ever shining answer to the lie-<\/p>\n<p>constructed question&#8212;no matter the doubts,<\/p>\n<p>no matter the feelings or lack thereof&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>I am loved, and why doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n<p>I am worthy because.<\/p>\n<p>And these answers will forever<\/p>\n<p>and ever be the same<\/p>\n<p>to each and every question.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes and Because by Radiance Angelina Petro &nbsp; &nbsp; \u201cBecause,\u201d say the lavender colored peonies. \u201cWhy shouldn\u2019t we?\u201d say the red tulips and yellow daffodils. Bees hover and bob their diligent-honeyed answer: \u201cbecause, why not?\u201d Cherry blossom petals by the thousands whisper as they sail into the wind: \u201cIt cannot be otherwise.\u201d The magnolia trees [&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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665"}],"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=2665"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2677,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions\/2677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}