{"id":3983,"date":"2025-10-07T18:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T01:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=3983"},"modified":"2025-10-07T18:20:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T01:20:36","slug":"drink-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2025\/10\/07\/drink-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Drink Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Drink Up<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Next Time
\nYou Spend Hours
\nSleuthing for
\nThe Perfect
\nObjet d\u2019Amour,<\/p>\n

to Offer to
\nThe One
\nWho Wrapped
\nTheir Affection
\nAround Your Soul,
\nthen Wrapped
\nYour Soul
\nAround Their Own,<\/p>\n

The Next Time
\nYou Search
\nThe Thesaurus of
\nAdoration<\/p>\n

for The Transcendent Tropes to
\nTrace the Tears Dripping
\nOnto the Tracks of
\nYour Pen,<\/p>\n

Pause for a Moment to
\nCatch the Precious
\nOverflow
\nIn a Cup,<\/p>\n

To Be Saved for
\na Later Moment,
\nAfter the Celebration of
\nYour Affection.<\/p>\n

When that Moment
\nAppears,
\nPick Up the Cup and
\nBefore You
\nDrink from It<\/p>\n

Read the Inscription
\nJust Beneath the Lip:<\/p>\n

“The Creator Who
\nWove Your Soul from
\nLove and Light,
\nJoy and Laughter,<\/p>\n

Is Madly In Love With You.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Drink Up The Next Time You Spend Hours Sleuthing for The Perfect Objet d\u2019Amour, to Offer to The One Who Wrapped Their Affection Around Your Soul, then Wrapped Your Soul Around Their Own, The Next Time You Search The Thesaurus of Adoration for The Transcendent Tropes to Trace the Tears Dripping Onto the Tracks […]<\/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-3983","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