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  1. The seconds tick slowly by, each one\u00a0into the next,<\/li>\n
  2. Bringing in another wave, with seeming no effect.<\/li>\n
  3. But seconds turn to hours, and hours turn to days,<\/li>\n
  4. Then weeks, and months, and years go by, and time does get its way.<\/li>\n
  5. The strongest\u00a0stone, erect and sure, so firmly on\u00a0the\u00a0shore<\/li>\n
  6. Starts losing once\u00a0the first wave hits\u2014won\u2019t ever win the war.<\/li>\n
  7. Those waves pound on, day in and out, unstopped by human hand;<\/li>\n
  8. That rock, so sound and true, becomes a beach of conquered sand.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. The water starts\u2014just one small drop\u2014down the mountain side.<\/li>\n
    2. Joining with some others now, a trickle starts to glide.<\/li>\n
    3. It forges on, \u2019round roots and rocks, push grains and specks aside.<\/li>\n
    4. Leaves smooth and easy trails behind for\u00a0coming drops as guides.<\/li>\n
    5. As time goes on\u2014the years crawl by\u2014that trickle takes no rest.<\/li>\n
    6. It carved a scar so long and deep upon the mountain\u2019s breast.<\/li>\n
    7. That trickle was\u00a0a brook one day, a creek, and then a stream.<\/li>\n
    8. And now a river it\u2019s become, a mighty force it seems.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The seconds tick slowly by, each one\u00a0into the next, Bringing in another wave, with seeming no effect. But seconds turn to hours, and hours turn to days, Then weeks, and months, and years go by, and time does get its way. The strongest\u00a0stone, erect and sure, so firmly on\u00a0the\u00a0shore Starts losing once\u00a0the first wave hits\u2014won\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith-crisis-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/08\/sea-1230960_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C794&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-LE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":231,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2008\/02\/07\/workout-day-9\/","url_meta":{"origin":2954,"position":0},"title":"Workout, Day 9","author":"Kim Siever","date":"7 February 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I put in 650 metres today. 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