{"id":2580,"date":"2023-09-30T08:42:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T15:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2580"},"modified":"2023-09-30T08:42:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T15:42:03","slug":"the-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2023\/09\/30\/the-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/kira-auf-der-heide-IPx7J1n_xUc-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/kira-auf-der-heide-IPx7J1n_xUc-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/kira-auf-der-heide-IPx7J1n_xUc-unsplash.jpg 550w, https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/kira-auf-der-heide-IPx7J1n_xUc-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>The Gift<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I coveted<br \/>\nthe Gifts<br \/>\nI saw in<br \/>\nOther Souls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Some can dance<br \/>\nuntil roses<br \/>\nburst forth<br \/>\nat Their feet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Some can paint<br \/>\nwith brush strokes<br \/>\nthat come alive<br \/>\nand wrap themselves<br \/>\naround Our eyes<br \/>\nwith naked skin<br \/>\nthat awakens<br \/>\nthe Holiest of<br \/>\nDesires.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Some can play<br \/>\nTheir instruments<br \/>\nwith fingers<br \/>\nso full of Divine<br \/>\nFire<br \/>\nOur ears<br \/>\nbecome stars<br \/>\nthat light<br \/>\nOur Hearts<br \/>\ninto a Cosmos<br \/>\nof Love that<br \/>\nleaves Us<br \/>\nbreathless.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Then The Giver of<br \/>\nsuch Gifts<br \/>\nasked Me this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Why do You covet<br \/>\nWhat You already have?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I\u2019ve made Words<br \/>\njust for You.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Use these Words<br \/>\nto Ask Your<br \/>\nfellow Beings:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Have You opened<br \/>\nThe Gift made<br \/>\njust for You?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>(Photo by Kira Aufderheide; Unsplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Gift I coveted the Gifts I saw in Other Souls. Some can dance until roses burst forth at Their feet. Some can paint with brush strokes that come alive and wrap themselves around Our eyes with naked skin that awakens the Holiest of Desires. Some can play Their instruments with fingers so full [&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-2580","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\/2580","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=2580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580\/revisions\/2582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}