Fresh cut flowers strewn on a sidewalk
\nLighted candles before a market
\nSuch tragic testimony
\nWhispered voices can barely address<\/p>\n
Caught in the moment, unwilling to leave
\nNeighbors linger
\nClutching hands
\nSharing grief and disbelief<\/p>\n
Shuttered behind her closed eyelids
\nA beautiful lady stands apart
\nThough I\u2019ve forgotten the lines of her face
\nHer inward gaze still haunts <\/p>\n
Clothed for fall
\nHer hands ungloved at her waist
\nThumbs and forefingers joined
\nPalms faced forward and welcoming all <\/p>\n
In her moment of stillness
\nBorn of the stars and lost in the ages
\nShe silently weaves
\nMaking whole
\nThe torn fabric of humanity<\/p>\n
AJD, April 15, 2016 (with a special thanks to E. Ross) Fresh cut flowers strewn on a sidewalk Lighted candles before a market Such tragic testimony Whispered voices can barely address Caught in the moment, unwilling to leave Neighbors linger Clutching hands Sharing grief and disbelief Shuttered behind her closed eyelids A beautiful lady stands apart Though I\u2019ve forgotten the lines of her face Her inward […]<\/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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humaninterests"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3UqUK-7N","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aculpableinnocence.com\/home5\/aculpabl\/anthony_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aculpableinnocence.com\/home5\/aculpabl\/anthony_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aculpableinnocence.com\/home5\/aculpabl\/anthony_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aculpableinnocence.com\/home5\/aculpabl\/anthony_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aculpableinnocence.com\/home5\/aculpabl\/anthony_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aculpableinnocence.com\/home5\/aculpabl\/anthony_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":485,"href":"https:\/\/aculpableinnocence.com\/home5\/aculpabl\/anthony_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions\/485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aculpableinnocence.com\/home5\/aculpabl\/anthony_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aculpableinnocence.com\/home5\/aculpabl\/anthony_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aculpableinnocence.com\/home5\/aculpabl\/anthony_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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