{"id":1384,"date":"2015-05-20T14:42:04","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T22:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2015-05-21T14:58:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T22:58:49","slug":"mysterious-caveren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1384","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious Cavern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mysterious Cavern<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>There is something I want you to see.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Won\u2019t you come along with me?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>There are some caverns near here.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Don\u2019t worry. There\u2019s nothing to fear.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It\u2019s up the hill behind this place.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Lots of woods conceals its trace.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I found it the other day while hiking.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It\u2019s a nice cavern. \u00a0Just to my liking.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>But, what\u2019s in it is what you must see.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You won\u2019t believe it just listening to me.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Just a little further through the woods.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>There\u2019s the hill. I would fly up if I could.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We can make it up this little trail.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It\u2019s scary but, we can make it without fail.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Take this light. It\u2019s dark inside.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It would make a cool place to hide.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch your step. It\u2019s a little slick.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Be careful. Make the best of it.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>There! Up ahead. See that arch form!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It is not natural. It\u2019s not even worn.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Other lime formations show their age.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The arch is new. Recently made.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It looks like it\u2019s from another world.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the way the edges are curled.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Suddenly the arch began to brighten.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The open center began to lighten.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Then, something stepped out of the light.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We began to shake with fright.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We jumped behind a large stalagmite.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We watched the creature walk out of sight.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The light in the arch dimmed &amp; went out.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It was awhile before we moved about.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I tossed a small stone through the arch.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nothing happened. That gave us a start.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We decided to get the hell out.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We didn\u2019t want to move about.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Whatever it was that suddenly appeared.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Was definitely something to be feared.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We will come back another time.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>With proper equipment &amp; frame of mind.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We\u2019ll bring protection &amp; more help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Others will find out how we felt.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We will find out just what is going on.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You\u2019ll come to. Right? Or am I wrong?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-R. W. Johnson&#8212;&#8211;(2015)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mysterious Cavern There is something I want you to see. Won\u2019t you come along with me? There are some caverns near here. Don\u2019t worry. There\u2019s nothing to fear. It\u2019s up the hill behind this place. Lots of woods conceals its trace. I found it the other day while hiking. It\u2019s a nice cavern. \u00a0Just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1384\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mysterious Cavern<\/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":[6,12,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-random","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384","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=1384"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1390,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions\/1390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}