{"id":730,"date":"2014-12-17T11:59:18","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T19:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=730"},"modified":"2014-12-17T11:59:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T19:59:33","slug":"a-crusade-for-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=730","title":{"rendered":"A Crusade For Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Crusade For Love<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been lonely for way too long.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve heard the music. I\u2019ve sung the song.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve searched my sole for some relief.<\/p>\n<p>I need an answer. I\u2019ve hear the beat.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere in this big old world<\/p>\n<p>is a love that would be thrilled<\/p>\n<p>to meld with me in harmony.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s more than just my karma, see.<\/p>\n<p>I know she\u2019s near. I have no fear.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll never stop searching. That is clear.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m on a crusade. I\u2019m on a search for love.<\/p>\n<p>A love that most have only dreamed of.<\/p>\n<p>A love so fine it would be a crime<\/p>\n<p>If I never made her mine.<\/p>\n<p>A love to be written down in history.<\/p>\n<p>A love without any tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I met this girl the other night.<\/p>\n<p>Everything seemed to be just right.<\/p>\n<p>Till she dropped this bomb on me.<\/p>\n<p>She was married but, would soon be free.<\/p>\n<p>Such things happen all the time.<\/p>\n<p>Like the one who ripped me off for all but, a dime.<\/p>\n<p>Or the one who insisted on playing the field.<\/p>\n<p>Then got mad because I wouldn\u2019t yield.<\/p>\n<p>This is just not what I\u2019m looking for.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not trying to run up a score.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m on a crusade. I\u2019m on a search for love.<\/p>\n<p>A love that most have only dreamed of.<\/p>\n<p>A love so fine it would be a crime<\/p>\n<p>If I never made her mine.<\/p>\n<p>A love to be written down in history.<\/p>\n<p>A love without any tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I want a love who will be faithful and true.<\/p>\n<p>A love who won\u2019t treat me like a fool.<\/p>\n<p>Because I would treat her like royalty.<\/p>\n<p>Shower her with love and mystery.<\/p>\n<p>The best mate she could ever imagine.<\/p>\n<p>She will think that she\u2019s in heaven.<\/p>\n<p>If she treats me Like I would her.<\/p>\n<p>Something very special would occur.<\/p>\n<p>Such love and devotion like never known<\/p>\n<p>Would happen daily without being shown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m on a crusade. I\u2019m on a search for love.<\/p>\n<p>A love that most have only dreamed of.<\/p>\n<p>A love so fine it would be a crime<\/p>\n<p>If I never made her mine.<\/p>\n<p>A love to be written down in history.<\/p>\n<p>A love without any tragedy.&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-R. W. Johnson&#8212;&#8211;(2012)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Crusade For Love I\u2019ve been lonely for way too long. I\u2019ve heard the music. I\u2019ve sung the song. I\u2019ve searched my sole for some relief. I need an answer. I\u2019ve hear the beat. Somewhere in this big old world is a love that would be thrilled to meld with me in harmony. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=730\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Crusade For Love<\/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":[2,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-romance","category-songs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730","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=730"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":732,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}