{"id":652,"date":"2012-03-04T14:51:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T14:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=652"},"modified":"2012-03-04T14:51:40","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T14:51:40","slug":"the-valley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=652","title":{"rendered":"The Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Valley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sharp slopes of landscape, stark against sky,<br \/>\nAcres of ochre, blurring my eyes,<br \/>\nAnd the whispering heather is blowing through my mind,<br \/>\nAs I look on the Valley I\u2019m leaving behind.<\/p>\n<p>Yellows and lilacs build layers in the air,<br \/>\nA pale pool of silver-gold spills through a tear,<br \/>\nAnd falls on the dead grasses, making them shine<br \/>\nas I look on the Valley I\u2019m leaving behind.<\/p>\n<p>A flickering kestrel hangs in the sky,<br \/>\nRagged-winged ravens tumble and cry,<br \/>\nAnd five tattered sheep straggle by in a line<br \/>\nAs I look on the Valley I\u2019m leaving behind.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been my shelter, it\u2019s been my home,<br \/>\nA place where I can be free,<br \/>\nAnd now that I\u2019m going, I\u2019m going, I\u2019m leaving here,<br \/>\nI\u2019ll bring my Valley within me.<\/p>\n<p>Tarnished silver and soft, faded green of the gorse,<br \/>\nAn amber-pooled stream spills and flows on its course,<br \/>\nAnd the Winter-bared fuschia waves branches of wine,<br \/>\nAs I look on the Valley I\u2019m leaving behind.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been my shelter, it\u2019s been my home,<br \/>\nA place where I can be free,<br \/>\nAnd now that I\u2019m going, I\u2019m going,\u00a0 I\u2019m going,<br \/>\nI\u2019m leaving here, leaving here,<br \/>\nI\u2019ll bring my Valley within me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Valley Sharp slopes of landscape, stark against sky, Acres of ochre, blurring my eyes, And the whispering heather is blowing through my mind, As I look on the Valley I\u2019m leaving behind. Yellows and lilacs build layers in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=652\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":562,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P36zMW-aw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":653,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/652\/revisions\/653"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}