{"id":1594,"date":"2022-04-12T21:33:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T04:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2022-04-12T21:33:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T04:33:25","slug":"believe-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2022\/04\/12\/believe-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Believe It"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Believe It<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can\u2019t believe
\nYou\u2019re beloved,
\ncan You,<\/p>\n

after all You\u2019ve
\ndone and
\nfailed to do?<\/p>\n

Adored, cherished,
\neven though
\nthe list of Your
\nlazy lapses
\nwould occupy
\na dozen chapters
\nin a Dostoevsky
\nnovel, and
\na recitation of Your
\nsecret sins
\nwould have its
\nown shelf
\nin the Library
\nof Congress.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t believe,
\ncan You,
\nthat there
\nare legions
\nof angels
\nassigned
\nto guard
\nevery footstep,<\/p>\n

even though
\nYou often
\nchoose to
\ngive them
\nthe slip.<\/p>\n

You insist
\nthat Your
\nrecord will
\nhaunt You
\nall Your days,
\nbut You\u2019re
\nthe only one
\ncarrying a copy
\naround in Your
\nback pocket,
\nconstantly
\npulling it out
\nfor Your
\nincessant
\nreview.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t believe
\nYou\u2019re beloved,
\ncan You?<\/p>\n

But You
\ncouldn\u2019t take
\nthe measure
\nof that love
\neven if You
\ntried to
\ncomprehend it
\nevery day of
\nYour forever
\nlife.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Julia Kadel; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Believe It You can\u2019t believe You\u2019re beloved, can You, after all You\u2019ve done and failed to do? Adored, cherished, even though the list of Your lazy lapses would occupy a dozen chapters in a Dostoevsky novel, and a recitation of Your secret sins would have its own shelf in the Library of Congress. You […]<\/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-1594","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