{"id":2707,"date":"2022-09-02T13:35:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T18:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/2022\/09\/02\/drifting-in-the-past\/"},"modified":"2022-12-11T23:50:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T04:50:03","slug":"drifting-in-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/?p=2707","title":{"rendered":"Drifting In The Past *"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:135px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em>Drifting In The Past<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"510\" data-attachment-id=\"83\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/?attachment_id=83\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pallimpsest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/purple.jpg?fit=1600%2C510&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,510\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Purple\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pallimpsest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/purple.jpg?fit=1024%2C326&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pallimpsest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/purple.jpg?resize=1600%2C510&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/drifting.m4a\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>The Audio Version<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ragged pictures fade in and out,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Galleon clouds with tattered sails,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mist-shrouded images of things gone by,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A dream with eyes wide open<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or a dream within a dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Persistent memories that will not fade,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not that I would wish them to,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Appear before my eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can recall almost as yesterday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How you looked my way and smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were young, oblivious to the stares<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of disapproval and dire predictions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of things that lay in store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our defiance sustained us,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bound us that much closer together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We did not see, could not see,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rocky shoals that lay ahead<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As rising winds steered a threatening course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We did not see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We could not see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that was fine, just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We clung to the prospect<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These days would endure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And in my dreams,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-3eeaf594e2737b5f11578ec106f1910a wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\">Click here to return Home<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drifting In The Past Ragged pictures fade in and out, Galleon clouds with tattered sails, Mist-shrouded images of things gone by, A dream with eyes wide open Or a dream within a dream. Persistent memories that will not fade, Not that I would wish them to, Appear before my eyes. I can recall almost as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213552057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","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":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":[755294749,38787,9802],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio-version","category-my-poetry","category-my-work"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdzkeJ-HF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/213552057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2707"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3843,"href":"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions\/3843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pallimpsest.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}