{"id":402,"date":"2021-07-18T12:13:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T12:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/?p=402"},"modified":"2021-12-28T20:40:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T20:40:32","slug":"a-black-bird-on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/?p=402","title":{"rendered":"A black bird on the road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A black bird opened its wings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>which were white underneath <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and let me read the message sent <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by the high winds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>which gushed through the valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do not cross roads with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am the force of nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>sent by the Gods<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>who dare not come down <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and show their faces to the believers <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in case they leave the earth behind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and take sanctuary in hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The blackbird flutters it\u2019s wings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to fly to the faraway rivers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>where the fish swim up the stream<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>against the current.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, my darling <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>how I wish I could ride away<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>over its wings so to swim up stream<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and catch the first glimpse of the sunrise <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>over the waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, my sweet dreams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>open the gate and let them all come through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>True or false is not the question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To believe or not believe <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>is the bigger barrier <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to the seeker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A black bird opened its wings which were white underneath and let me read the message sent by the high winds which gushed through the valley. Do not cross roads with me. I am&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":581,"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions\/581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}