{"id":8814,"date":"2011-08-17T16:54:59","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T20:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=8814"},"modified":"2011-08-17T16:54:59","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T20:54:59","slug":"yes-you-feel-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2011\/08\/yes-you-feel-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"yes you feel alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a title=\"single tree moon by nakedpastor, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/haywardart\/5519847479\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5134\/5519847479_5220c48818.jpg\" alt=\"single tree moon\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes you feel alone.<br>\nStanding solitary like a spruce.<br>\nBut I bet if we followed your roots<br>\nthey would join with those of others.<br>\nTrees afar off you\u2019ve never seen.<\/p>\n<p>You would recognize yourself in them.<br>\nAnd weep for them<br>\nas you\u2019ve wept for yourself.<br>\nYou will marvel at their beauty.<br>\nAnd perhaps see it in your own boughs.<\/p>\n<p>Stand majestic against the moon.<br>\nLet your shadow fall upon your ground.<br>\nShelter the birds of the air.<br>\nBut most of all just stand there<br>\nand let us see you as you are.<\/p>\n<p>There is peace all around you<br>\nas you testify suffering of seasons.<br>\nSome see you as just wood.<br>\nBut you are a timber<br>\nalive with the wisdom of ages!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/76199539\/charcoal-moon-and-spruce\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Buy the original charcoal drawing \u201cMoon and Spruce\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/nakedpastor?section_id=6221985\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">More of my original contemplative pieces.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/nakedpastor?section_id=10031313\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Have you seen my Sophia series originals and Limited Edition Prints?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes you feel alone. Standing solitary like a spruce. But I bet if we followed your roots they would join with those of others. Trees afar off you\u2019ve never seen. You would recognize yourself in them. And weep for them as you\u2019ve wept for yourself. You will marvel at their beauty. And perhaps see it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[4264,1427,1111,754,570,722,142,143,1572],"class_list":["post-8814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-thought","tag-art","tag-charcoal","tag-david-hayward","tag-drawing","tag-moon","tag-nakedpastor","tag-poem","tag-poetry","tag-tree"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>yes you feel alone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yes you feel alone. Standing solitary like a spruce. But I bet if we followed your roots they would join with those of others. 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