{"id":1421,"date":"2024-09-01T05:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T05:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2024-09-01T05:46:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T05:46:02","slug":"lavender-roses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/2024\/09\/01\/lavender-roses\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavender Roses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/poem245.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-412\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/poem245.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/poem245-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/poem245-768x550.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Symbolizing enchantment and splendor, these blooms are meant for royalty. One of the rarest colors, lavender roses are often a sign of love at first sight and carry an air of regality. It&#8217;s truly the perfect rose for a budding romance. [Sarah Dimarco, Veranda &#8211; poshness-aspiring magazine &#8211; March 22, 2021]<\/em><br><br>When I was young and trusting I was told to seek and I&#8217;ll find<br>My lavender roses would wait just &#8217;round the bend.<br>Around the bend I went all out in body and mind<br>But roads bent and twisted and would always end in dead-end.<br><br>I went for unaffordable and always got it for free.<br>I stood on words and principles in unsustainable poses.<br>They gave me what I wanted and I screamed that I disagree.<br>And all that I had left to me were pure lavender roses.<br><br>My road to salvation went south while heading North.<br>A thousand bipasses appear when the straight path closes.<br>While finding my direction I only tied up in knots,<br>My body cut and bleeding from the thorns on lavender roses.<br><br>I made my own way into the middle of the deep dark wood.<br>I found a crystal coffin where the perfect place of repose is.<br>My peace is on my terms and I have now done what I could<br>But all that I have left to give are broken lavender roses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Symbolizing enchantment and splendor, these blooms are meant for royalty. One of the rarest colors, lavender roses are often a sign of love at first sight and carry an air of regality. It&#8217;s truly the perfect rose for a budding romance. [Sarah Dimarco, Veranda &#8211; poshness-aspiring magazine &#8211; March 22, 2021] When I was young [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[160,44,346,128,23,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1422,"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions\/1422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/ashepherd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}