{"id":264,"date":"2019-07-15T21:15:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T21:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lydiaink.com\/?p=264"},"modified":"2020-08-16T13:51:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T17:51:13","slug":"in-love-with-the-words-the-minds-of-centuries-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lydiaink.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/15\/in-love-with-the-words-the-minds-of-centuries-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"In Love with Centuries Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So who has made you? Who has placed your heart within my reach, who has formed the clay that forms the walls that contain you and me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The silence of this house settles lovingly upon my shoulders and the tension eases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> I touch the wicks of the candles upon the altar of my studies and ponder living forever without regret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> How, my love, have I come to hope for the darkened places where all of my senses but sight may unlock the logic into mystery again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Strike the match, inhale the scent of fire and live eternally in the moment of incineration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Become mesmerized by the soft flame imprisoned by its source of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Faith defeats fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> I am falling further away into cold stone towers, mullioned windows and baptized kings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> I read the words by candlelight and think of you writing history.&nbsp; I may never finish what I have begun, but I have begun what we must finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Love in the strangest sense.&nbsp; I dream of washing your feet in the warm saltwater that lulls you to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Centuries away you awaken in the morning with a passion for life beyond the ache of muscle and bone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Have you ever waited for the inevitable pain of heartache?&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Where is the star dust of your worldly existence now that your soul sings before the throne of God?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Light a candle for me and watch the flame flicker and hold upon the impossible tip and dream of the frigid wave upon wave of fresh water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Passion\u00a0is certain in any of us, yet it is the open mind that soothes the soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-lydia-ink\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/lydiaink.com\/index.php\/poetry\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So who has made you? 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