{"id":886,"date":"2020-09-29T18:02:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T18:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/?p=886"},"modified":"2020-09-29T18:03:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T18:03:38","slug":"higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/2020\/09\/29\/higher\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"109\" src=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-29-2020-Highes-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-29-2020-Highes-2.jpg 505w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-29-2020-Highes-2-300x65.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/audio\/Higher.m4a?_t=1601402466\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block\" style=\"font-weight: normal;font-size: 15px;line-height: 1.2\"><strong><em>Higher<\/em><\/strong><br>\u00a0<br>Covid beats us and brings us low<br>hammers us earthward, to our knees<br>magnifies our humanity<br>lifts our fragile Divinity<br>compels us to contribute Love.<br>\u00a0<br>Above the silent city streets<br>above the farrow fields so fair<br>above us breathes a whispered wind<br>where the Star-Thrower scatters dust<br>where threads of Light now warp and weft.<br>\u00a0<br>Left to our trifling devices<br>left to ponder our bridges, burned<br>left staring into our mirror<br>we wonder \u201cCan we rise again?\u201d<br>Angels hover above us, All.<br>\u00a0<br>They call our names and guide us home:<br>never alone, we are never<br>alone.\u00a0 Cellos moan and comfort<br>weaves into Light\u2019s filament forms<br>cocoons us and lifts us higher.<br>\u00a0<br>Higher and wider, music floats<br>in through his mouth, her nose and ears<br>but who hears God\u2019s sweet gentle voice?<br>Does anyone wonder The Choice?<br>How can we EVER be the same?<br>\u00a0<br>Names were called and blame was assigned<br>but that never solves our Problems.<br>It never pulls us out of hate<br>and can never lift us higher.<br>Where are Seers who can call the breeze?<br>\u00a0<br>Disease means dis-ease: not at ease.<br>Why are so many dumbfounded?<br>For something wicked this way comes<br>and it drags us down to our knees.<br>Does anyone still need passion?<br>\u00a0<br>Can ashen Souls still call forth wind?<br>Here, a euphonious breeze blows<br>tickles the flow of the rivers<br>cellos and violins ascend<br>up and up they surge and expand<br>something rather human in the<br>melodious notes they emote.<br>\u00a0<br>And we all shift higher.\u00a0 Higher.<br><br><br><br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>by Barbara Helvey Hughes, 2020<br>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":889,"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-886","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\/886","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=886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":888,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions\/888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}