{"id":1170,"date":"2017-05-06T01:23:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T01:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/secret-secrets"},"modified":"2019-06-17T22:27:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T22:27:34","slug":"secret-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2017\/05\/06\/secret-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is an ode to that which it will never allude; or, A shadow of the sun.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You are not this,
\nNor this.
\nYou said \u201cthat\u201d,
\nInstead of<\/em> that.
\nThat<\/em> which was something,
\nMay have been
\nSomething
\nElse.<\/p>\n

Liberating
\nTo untie a knot
\nBy tangling.
\nTo be
\nCome
\nNever
\nBeen;
\nIs
\nAlways
\nSometime.<\/p>\n

The strong
\nNuclear Force
\nGets stronger –
\nEqual and
\nOpposite
\nRe:
\nActions.<\/p>\n

This stayed at
\nRest.
\nNow so did
\nThat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is an ode to that which it will never allude; or, A shadow of the sun. You are not this, Nor this. You said \u201cthat\u201d, Instead of that. That which was something, May have been Something Else. Liberating To untie a knot By tangling. To be Come Never Been; Is Always Sometime. The strong […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[159,154,161],"tags":[],"metadata":[],"class_list":["post-1170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-google-drive","category-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2439,"url":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2011\/05\/03\/stargate-universe\/","url_meta":{"origin":1170,"position":0},"title":"Stargate Universe","author":"Pala","date":"May 3, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Editorial notes: This Essay was found as a 'draft' entry in Everything2. 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