{"id":403,"date":"2014-10-26T22:07:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T05:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/?p=403"},"modified":"2016-11-04T14:21:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T21:21:54","slug":"403","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/?p=403","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"poemintro\"><i>Two songs I wrote for Richard but never recorded. In the last month or so I&#8217;ve tried over and over to record them, but I&#8217;m no longer able to sing them. I realize that they could only be sung to him. So here they are without the tune:<\/i><\/section>\n<section class=\"poemtitle\"><\/section>\n<p><em> <strong> Next Door <\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Somewhere<br \/>\nIn a Blue House<br \/>\nIn a room, softened by Christmas Lights<\/p>\n<p>We sing<br \/>\nWe stand<br \/>\nFirmly<br \/>\nOn the ground<\/p>\n<p>In the songs there&#8217;s strength<br \/>\nIn the air is care<br \/>\nWe share<br \/>\nWe are truly there<\/p>\n<p>Next door<br \/>\nA heart is searching<br \/>\nBlinded by fear<br \/>\nNext door<br \/>\nthe heart opens up<br \/>\nFor a man to yield<br \/>\n&#8211; inviting the songs to heal<\/p>\n<section class=\"poemdatecolor\">Zitta \u2013originally written 11\/4 &#8211; 2007<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"poemtitle\"><\/section>\n<p><em> <strong> All My Life <\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>All my life<br \/>\nYou were there<br \/>\nAll my life<br \/>\nWe would share<\/p>\n<p>Now time is changing<br \/>\nIs running out<br \/>\nAnd we will exit<br \/>\nWhere we arrived<br \/>\nNo doubt<\/p>\n<p>What seemed decades<br \/>\nIs now hours<br \/>\nWhat was red passion<br \/>\nIs now white calmness<br \/>\nWhat was ecstatic<br \/>\nIs now gentle warmth<br \/>\nSlowed down<\/p>\n<p>Hand in hand<br \/>\nWe face life<br \/>\nAs always together<\/p>\n<p>Hand in hand<br \/>\nWe face<br \/>\nThe unknown<br \/>\nThe ultimate<\/p>\n<p>You and I<br \/>\nTogether<\/p>\n<section class=\"poemdatecolor\">Zitta \u2013originally written 01\/20 &#8211; 2012 (Richard&#8217;s last birthday)<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two songs I wrote for Richard but never recorded. In the last month or so I&#8217;ve tried over and over to record them, but I&#8217;m no longer able to sing <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/?p=403\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":490,"href":"https:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions\/490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}