{"id":12571,"date":"2023-01-21T19:14:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T19:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=12571"},"modified":"2023-01-21T19:14:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T19:14:14","slug":"after-the-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/21\/after-the-service\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>After the Service\u00a0<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am sitting in a church porch&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waiting for the service to finish&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not that I have abandoned my beliefs&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was just late in my arrival&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The grey flagstones in front of me&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have been worn smooth with age&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And are pleasant to look at and gently touch&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond the porch I can see the neat gravestones&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arranged in ordered avenues of total peace&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bleached blonde&nbsp;grasses are now almost hidden&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the towering trees first planted during<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The now neglected restoration years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are the long dry summer days so beloved&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything seems to be at peace&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the muffled interior hymns&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Float within the stillness&nbsp;of the morning air without fading&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am sitting in a church porch&nbsp; Waiting for the service to finish&nbsp; It is not that I have abandoned my beliefs&nbsp; I was just late in my arrival&nbsp; The grey flagstones in front of me&nbsp; Have been worn smooth with age&nbsp; And are pleasant to look at and gently touch&nbsp; Beyond the porch I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12572,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12571\/revisions\/12572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}