{"id":4688,"date":"2020-10-14T15:50:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T14:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2020-10-14T15:50:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T14:50:29","slug":"the-coloured-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/14\/the-coloured-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"The Coloured Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At night if there is a bright moon the sands of the desert turn blue<\/p>\n<p>The result is quite beautiful and it is often the last thing I see before I sleep<\/p>\n<p>I have isolated myself in this simple hut as I have grown tired of the world<\/p>\n<p>My hut can be quite cold at night and hot under the high white sun<\/p>\n<p>But at least I am alone in my chosen isolation with only my books as friends<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The shifting red sands always return<\/p>\n<p>My hut is never clear no matter my toil<\/p>\n<p>When the winds change my home is almost hidden<\/p>\n<p>I fear slow suffocation but sleep very well<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am no longer alone<\/p>\n<p>People are passing my hut in great numbers<\/p>\n<p>Yet none speak to me<\/p>\n<p>Am I witnessing the end of history<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I feel that I have slept for a number of years<\/p>\n<p>As the desert that surrounds my hut is mostly green<\/p>\n<p>Mysterious birds circle quietly in the moist skies<\/p>\n<p>And delicate perfumes bewitch my senses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At night if there is a bright moon the sands of the desert turn blue The result is quite beautiful and it is often the last thing I see before I sleep I have isolated myself in this simple hut as I have grown tired of the world My hut can be quite cold at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688"}],"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=4688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}