{"id":1372,"date":"2022-01-05T15:34:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T23:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2022-01-05T15:35:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T23:35:59","slug":"i-need-to-ask-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2022\/01\/05\/i-need-to-ask-why\/","title":{"rendered":"I Need To Ask Why"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

I Need To Ask Why<\/strong><\/p>\n

I need to ask
\nabout your
\nSoul.<\/p>\n

That Presence
\nof You
\nthat transcends
\nthe tissues and
\nsynapses and
\nfollicles.<\/p>\n

That Presence
\nof You
\nthat soars with
\nevery winged thing
\nand races
\ncheetahs
\nand swims with
\nthe finned ones,<\/p>\n

that rattles
\npine branches
\nwith every
\ngust,<\/p>\n

but knows
\nto be silent
\nwhen adoring
\nVan Gogh.<\/p>\n

I need to ask
\nwhy
\nyou let yourself
\nbelieve
\nyour precious
\nPresence
\nshould be
\nweighed
\non a scale
\nwhere the
\ncounterbalance
\nis a pile of
\ndank stones
\ncalled
\nProductivity.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s as if
\nyou refused
\na slice of fresh
\nblackberry pie
\nbecause the silver
\nserving spoon
\nhas not been
\npolished.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Elise Bauer from
\nhttps:\/\/www.simplyrecipes.com\/recipes\/blackberry_pie\/<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  I Need To Ask Why I need to ask about your Soul. That Presence of You that transcends the tissues and synapses and follicles. That Presence of You that soars with every winged thing and races cheetahs and swims with the finned ones, that rattles pine branches with every gust, but knows to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t