{"id":2943,"date":"2024-03-14T09:12:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T16:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2024-03-14T09:12:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T16:12:18","slug":"the-fire-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2024\/03\/14\/the-fire-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fire of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n <\/p>\n

The Fire of Love<\/strong><\/p>\n

I dreamed I was
\nin The Hereafter,
\nwhere it turns out
\nOne can sign up
\nfor Classes to
\nsatisfy One\u2019s Eternal
\nThirst for Adventure.<\/p>\n

I signed up for
\nThe Fire of Love.<\/p>\n

I showed up for
\nthe first session
\nwith My backpack of
\nStudent supplies and
\nMy Diary of Lessons Learned.<\/p>\n

There was an Angel
\nposted at the Door,
\nWho required
\nI Surrender
\nMy pack, to be searched.<\/p>\n

I was stunned.
\nDid They Fear Someone
\nwould sneak in a weapon?<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, no,\u201d
\nThe Bright One laughed,
\n\u201cbut We must search
\nYour Diary.\u201d
\nI handed It over and
\nsome loose leaf pages
\nfell to the floor.<\/p>\n

The Angel scooped them up.
\nI had titled them
\n\u201cA Comprehensive List of
\nMy Wrongdoings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFollow Me,\u201d She said,
\nand led me outside
\nto a Group
\nwarming Themselves
\nat a dancing Fire.<\/p>\n

We joined Them
\nand She
\nhanded Me
\nMy List.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe call This
\nthe Fire of Love.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou do the Honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

  The Fire of Love I dreamed I was in The Hereafter, where it turns out One can sign up for Classes to satisfy One\u2019s Eternal Thirst for Adventure. I signed up for The Fire of Love. I showed up for the first session with My backpack of Student supplies and My Diary of Lessons […]<\/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-2943","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