{"id":5056,"date":"2023-11-26T20:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=5056"},"modified":"2023-11-28T23:04:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T23:04:45","slug":"the-eye-of-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/the-poems\/the-eye-of-the-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eye of the Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The Eye of the Storm<br \/>\nby cricketjeff on May 10, 2011.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved<br \/>\n[Posts%20by%20cricketjeff%201_files\/j.jpg]<\/p>\n<p>She drapes herself on wave-washed rocks,<br \/>\nTo shape and tease her golden locks,<br \/>\nHer sun-brushed skin alight with fire,<br \/>\nThat fans her mortal mate&#8217;s desire.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 He stands beside the starboard rail,<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 To watch his lover sun each scale,<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Across his dreams her songs rebound,<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 His heartbeat joins the haunting sound.<\/p>\n<p>As breakers racing from the storm,<br \/>\nCaress her lazy liquid form,<br \/>\nShe slips beneath the breaking foam,<br \/>\nThat decorates her hidden home.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The masts and spars are canvas skinned<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And start to taste the coming wind<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The living hull begins to dance<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And bear him from his greatest chance<\/p>\n<p>She swims abreast the clipper&#8217;s sides<br \/>\nTo watch her sailor as he rides<br \/>\nHer love-bright eyes reflect the light<br \/>\nThe Moon now spreads across the night<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 He feels her presence in his mind<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The love he cannot leave behind<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And certain of a great reward<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 He throws his body overboard<\/p>\n<p>No man can live beneath the sea<br \/>\nBut love can set all spirits free<br \/>\nTheir tragic souls entwined to form<br \/>\nThe peaceful eye of every storm<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Author notes<br \/>\nThe image is from http:\/\/www.dailybento.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/j.-<br \/>\nscott-campbell.-the-little-mermaid.-001.jpg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eye of the Storm by cricketjeff on May 10, 2011.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved [Posts%20by%20cricketjeff%201_files\/j.jpg] She drapes herself on wave-washed rocks, To shape and tease her golden locks, Her sun-brushed skin alight with fire, That fans her mortal mate&#8217;s desire. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 He stands beside the starboard rail, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9742,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5056","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6453,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5056\/revisions\/6453"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}