{"id":3424,"date":"2018-07-01T11:46:36","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T17:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=3424"},"modified":"2018-07-03T06:50:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T12:50:56","slug":"into-the-dark-of-the-depths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2018\/07\/01\/into-the-dark-of-the-depths\/","title":{"rendered":"Into the Dark of the Depths"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol class=\"poem\">\n<li>Into the dark of the depths<\/li>\n<li>Sapping and draining my breath<\/li>\n<li>Diving away from the light<\/li>\n<li>Vanish from surface&#8217;s sight<\/li>\n<li>Alone in my silent descent<\/li>\n<li>Away from the cries of repent<\/li>\n<li>But there at the bottom so still<\/li>\n<li>A new light my empty soul fill<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Listen<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/466731588&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Into the dark of the depths Sapping and draining my breath Diving away from the light Vanish from surface&#8217;s sight Alone in my silent descent Away from the cries of repent But there at the bottom so still A new light my empty soul fill Listen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3443,"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-3424","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\/2018\/07\/ca2fb090-ec68-4b8e-b74f-70eee7068c4e-417-0000002acf5fd8b2.jpg?fit=1920%2C1221&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-Te","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2929,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2011\/10\/09\/a-mountain-journey\/","url_meta":{"origin":3424,"position":0},"title":"A Mountain Journey","author":"Kim Siever","date":"9 October 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"A metal box encased by forest Held treasure deep inside. 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