{"id":97,"date":"2013-05-11T22:26:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T22:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anordinaryhuman.com\/index.php\/2013\/05\/11\/alchemy\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T13:47:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T13:47:24","slug":"alchemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anordinaryhuman.com\/index.php\/2013\/05\/11\/alchemy\/","title":{"rendered":"Alchemy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">It\u2019s settling now<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This alchemy of stirred up souls<br \/>\nand long-lost dreams and longings,<br \/>\nthat found me unprepared, alone<br \/>\nI\u2019d thought I wasn\u2019t wanting.<br \/>\nBut in the magic of a moment,<br \/>\nto the rhythm of an ancient song<br \/>\nmy soul took flight and with it went<br \/>\nall deeds undone and songs unsung.<\/p>\n<p>Then as the flames drew it inside<br \/>\nand silently released the spell,<br \/>\nthe sun and stars seemed realigned,<br \/>\nthe mortal world a distant shell.<br \/>\nThen light, as through a lens refined<br \/>\nwas sharpened bright, to show in time<br \/>\nthe veil, as from a radiant bride,<br \/>\nbeing lifted up on the design.<\/p>\n<p>And all the beauty was revealed,<br \/>\nall the mystery laid bare,<br \/>\nwhat wonders in plain sight concealed,<br \/>\nwhat miracles are everywhere.<br \/>\nAnd in this realm of ecstasy,<br \/>\nwhere spirit reigns and souls converse,<br \/>\nI found myself at last set free<br \/>\nat one with all the Universe.<\/p>\n<p>Now as the residue subsides<br \/>\nand stirring currents dissipate,<br \/>\nthe light can reach the depths inside<br \/>\nto shine on the precipitate<br \/>\nof gold hard-forged from fire divine<br \/>\nand reunited parts in time;<br \/>\nThe heart-of-hearts, a crystal grown<br \/>\nfrom essence of the truth I know.<\/p>\n<p>So I will sing of what\u2019s within,<br \/>\nof forests, fields, and fountains,<br \/>\nof crashing waves on storm-filled days<br \/>\nand barren, wind-swept mountains,<br \/>\nof dancing light on starlit nights<br \/>\nand space that\u2019s never-ending,<br \/>\nof hopes and dreams and hearts on fire<br \/>\nwith truth and love transcending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s settling now This alchemy of stirred up souls and long-lost dreams and longings, that found me unprepared, alone I\u2019d thought I wasn\u2019t wanting. But in the magic of a moment, to the rhythm of an ancient song my soul took flight and with it went all deeds undone and songs unsung. Then as the<a class=\"read-more \" href=\"https:\/\/anordinaryhuman.com\/index.php\/2013\/05\/11\/alchemy\/\" title=\"Read More\"> <span class=\"button default\">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-alchemy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anordinaryhuman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anordinaryhuman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anordinaryhuman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anordinaryhuman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anordinaryhuman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/anordinaryhuman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"https:\/\/anordinaryhuman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anordinaryhuman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anordinaryhuman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anordinaryhuman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}