{"id":3140,"date":"2010-02-01T01:10:14","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T06:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=3199"},"modified":"2010-01-22T15:47:48","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T20:47:48","slug":"standing-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2010\/02\/01\/standing-still\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing Still"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"DE79\" rel=\"lightbox[pics3199]\" href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/DE79.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-3200 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/DE79.jpg\" alt=\"DE79\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Standing still<br \/>\nOn the edge of I know not what<br \/>\nI take a deep breath  and steel my nerves.<br \/>\nIt is not the moving forward that is scary<br \/>\nBut the  standing still<br \/>\nBreathe in. Breathe out<br \/>\nFrozen in time, unable to  move<br \/>\nWhat is to be?<br \/>\nWhat will follow?<br \/>\nNo answers, only questions<br \/>\nNo  parameters, no walls<br \/>\nOnly a knowing that something\u2026something is going to  happen<br \/>\nTrust. Believe. Know.<br \/>\nStanding still, gathering  strength<br \/>\nWaiting<\/div>\n<div>The sounds are louder, the colors more vivid<br \/>\nThe scents are stronger  here<br \/>\nIn suspended animation<br \/>\nI can hear the voices on the wind<br \/>\nTaste the  rain<br \/>\nSense the tension<br \/>\nClarity in the void, in the waiting room of the  gods<br \/>\nKnowing<br \/>\nNot what<br \/>\nBut All, in the not knowing.<br \/>\nPoised for  action. Ready to strike<br \/>\nBut seemingly forever, in a moment,<br \/>\nStanding  still<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standing still On the edge of I know not what I take a deep breath and steel my nerves. It is not the moving forward that is scary But the standing still Breathe in. Breathe out Frozen in time, unable to move What is to be? What will follow? No answers, only questions No parameters, no walls Only a knowing that something\u2026something is going to happen Trust. Believe. Know. Standing still, gathering strength Waiting The sounds are louder, the colors more vivid The scents are stronger here In suspended animation I can hear the voices on the wind Taste the rain Sense the tension Clarity in the void, in the waiting room of the gods Knowing Not what But All, in the not knowing. Poised for action. Ready to strike But seemingly forever, in a moment, Standing still<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}