{"id":1871,"date":"2016-07-14T07:06:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T14:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2016-07-14T07:06:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T14:06:32","slug":"for-lost-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/2016\/07\/for-lost-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"for lost friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>For Lost Friends<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As twilight makes a rainbow robe<br \/>\nFrom the concealed colors of day<br \/>\nIn order for time to stay alive<br \/>\nWithin the dark weight of night,<br \/>\nMay we lose no one we love<br \/>\nFrom the shelter of our hearts.<\/p>\n<p>When we love another heart<br \/>\nAnd allow it to love us,<br \/>\nWe journey deep below time<br \/>\nInto that eternal weave<br \/>\nWhere nothing unravels.<\/p>\n<p>May we have the grace to see<br \/>\nDespite the hurt of rupture,<br \/>\nThe searing of anger,<br \/>\nAnd the empty disappointment,<br \/>\nthat whoever we have loved,<br \/>\nSuch love can never quench.<\/p>\n<p>Though a door may have closed,<br \/>\nClosed between us,<br \/>\nMay we be able to view<br \/>\nOur lost friends with eyes<br \/>\nWise with calming grace;<br \/>\nForgive them the damage<br \/>\nWe were left to inherit;<\/p>\n<p>Free ourselves from the chains<br \/>\nOf forlorn resentment;<br \/>\nBring warmth again to<br \/>\nWhere the heart has frozen<br \/>\nIn order that beyond the walls<br \/>\nOf our cherished hurt<br \/>\nAnd chosen distance<br \/>\nWe may be able to<br \/>\nCelebrate the gifts they brought,<br \/>\nLearn and grow from the pain,<br \/>\nAnd prosper into difference,<br \/>\nWishing them the peace<br \/>\nWhere spirit can summon<br \/>\nBeauty from wounded space.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; John O&#8217;Donohue (from\u00a0<em>To Bless the Space Between Us)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Lost Friends As twilight makes a rainbow robe From the concealed colors of day In order for time to stay alive Within the dark weight of night, May we lose no one we love From the shelter of our hearts. When we love another heart And allow it to love us, We journey deep &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/2016\/07\/for-lost-friends\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6],"tags":[259,217,114,157,547,532,28],"class_list":["post-1871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-or-something-like-it","category-poetry","tag-death","tag-family","tag-friends","tag-grandparents","tag-john-odonohue","tag-life-or-something-like-it","tag-love","item-wrap"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/upload\/\/app_1_220086724709892_1567717122.gif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1872,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871\/revisions\/1872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}