{"id":1046,"date":"2015-01-04T18:54:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T02:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2015-01-04T18:54:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T02:54:57","slug":"ode-to-terry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1046","title":{"rendered":"Ode To Terry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ode To Terry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Its been a long, long time.<\/p>\n<p>Ya know its long been on my mind.<\/p>\n<p>To find a way to have you understand.<\/p>\n<p>The way I feel about you.<\/p>\n<p>And just how much I love you.<\/p>\n<p>To talk and tell you what I\u2019ve found<\/p>\n<p>when there\u2019s no one else around.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Its long been a dream of mine.<\/p>\n<p>Ya know, if I only had the time<\/p>\n<p>to share with you all I see and do.<\/p>\n<p>If I can find the time to get away.<\/p>\n<p>So we can have the time to play.<\/p>\n<p>So that we can be together.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what the weather.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You see, I\u2019d like to share my life with you.<\/p>\n<p>To be the closest friend to you.<\/p>\n<p>To share my deepest feelings with.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll always want to have you there.<\/p>\n<p>To show you always how much I care.<\/p>\n<p>To be there for you to lean on.<\/p>\n<p>During times when you feel put upon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve always wanted to be the one<\/p>\n<p>you\u2019d turn to when times are looking bum.<\/p>\n<p>To give you all the love and comfort you need.<\/p>\n<p>To supply a shoulder when times are sad.<\/p>\n<p>And give a hug when times are glad.<\/p>\n<p>I want to lift your heart and make it soar.<\/p>\n<p>All for your love and nothing more.&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-R. W. Johnson&#8212;&#8211;(2015)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ode To Terry Its been a long, long time. Ya know its long been on my mind. To find a way to have you understand. The way I feel about you. And just how much I love you. To talk and tell you what I\u2019ve found when there\u2019s no one else around. &nbsp; Its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1046\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ode To Terry<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,16,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-factual","category-free-bird-poetry","category-romance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1047,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions\/1047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}