{"id":2028,"date":"2022-08-28T13:27:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T20:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2028"},"modified":"2022-08-28T14:04:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T21:04:06","slug":"sharp-edged-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2022\/08\/28\/sharp-edged-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharp-Edged Shadow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-28-at-2.02.23-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-28-at-2.02.23-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"346\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-28-at-2.02.23-PM.png 550w, https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-28-at-2.02.23-PM-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Sharp-Edged Shadow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Sometimes you must be<br \/>\nbelligerent<br \/>\nabout your decision<br \/>\nto be<br \/>\nYou.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Especially with<br \/>\nthat alter ego<br \/>\nyou concocted<br \/>\nto mollify the<br \/>\nmavens of<br \/>\npatriarchal<br \/>\nhierarchy,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">who prefer your<br \/>\nmodest<br \/>\ndeference<br \/>\nto your<br \/>\ninsistence that<br \/>\nthe You<br \/>\nyou chose<br \/>\nis a perfect fit<br \/>\nfor that<br \/>\nAncient Soul<br \/>\nwho laughs<br \/>\nat the notion<br \/>\nyou owe<br \/>\nthe rest of us<br \/>\nan apology<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">for casting a<br \/>\nsharp-edged<br \/>\nshadow<br \/>\nwhen you stand<br \/>\nunder the same<br \/>\nLight<br \/>\nthat shines on<br \/>\nAll of us who<br \/>\nhave every right<br \/>\nto be bold.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">And, if I<br \/>\nbow<br \/>\nin your Presence,<br \/>\nplease know<br \/>\nthat I bow to<br \/>\nhonor your<br \/>\nperformance,<br \/>\nas well as<br \/>\nmy own,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">because I<br \/>\nrejoice when<br \/>\nbelligerence<br \/>\nbecomes<br \/>\nHoliness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>(Photo by Rene Bohmer; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Sharp-Edged Shadow Sometimes you must be belligerent about your decision to be You. Especially with that alter ego you concocted to mollify the mavens of patriarchal hierarchy, who prefer your modest deference to your insistence that the You you chose is a perfect fit for that Ancient Soul who laughs at the notion you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2028"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2034,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028\/revisions\/2034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}