{"id":814,"date":"2020-09-19T17:52:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T17:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/?p=814"},"modified":"2020-09-19T20:33:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T20:33:41","slug":"of-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/2020\/09\/19\/of-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Of All"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-18-2020-For-All-33-1024x221.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-18-2020-For-All-33-1024x221.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-18-2020-For-All-33-300x65.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-18-2020-For-All-33-768x166.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-18-2020-For-All-33-1536x332.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-18-2020-For-All-33-604x131.jpeg 604w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-18-2020-For-All-33.jpeg 1564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/audio\/Of%20All.m4a?_t=1600538464\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block\" style=\"font-weight: normal;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3\"><strong><em>Of All<\/em><\/strong><br>\u00a0<br>Of all the words we might compose<br>of all the things we could have said ~<br>for each excuse, each righteous thought<br>huge burdens weigh us down, instead.<br>\u00a0<br>For all the \u2018sorrys\u2019 in our minds<br>for all those \u2018over-thinking\u2019 routes<br>for all our re-imaginings<br>our angry second-guessing shouts:<br>we think we empty out our Core<br>but, there is more ~ there\u2019s always more.<br>\u00a0<br>The ego makes us proper slaves<br>it speaks, and we can\u2019t wait to act<br>but, later, in fate\u2019s calmer climes<br>we cringe, and try to reel words back.<br>\u00a0<br>But, that\u2019s the funny thing of words<br>their hatefulness burns quite a sting:<br>and all hearts, ever, must forgive<br>the bitter bite those words might bring.<br>\u00a0<br>All these lessons, we all must learn<br>they lift us to our common goals<br>but don\u2019t despair the learning curve<br>which often helps evolve our roles.<br>Our Circle magnifies each time<br>we reach to those alone and strayed.<br>Our Circle deepens and expands<br>with every effort, ever, made.<br>\u00a0<br>No, your arrogance won\u2019t save you.<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>by Barbara Helvey Hughes, 9-18-2020 &amp; 5-9-2018<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":819,"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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":822,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions\/822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}