{"id":152,"date":"2026-05-12T15:21:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:21:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:21:51","slug":"the-birch-bright","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/?page_id=152","title":{"rendered":"the birch bright"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>23 january 2020<\/em>, <em>amsterdam<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in the grey sky-sea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a thunder spear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">flashes, splitting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the sky in pieces<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the clouds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">on the horizon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">stitch the sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to the earth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in the dark saturated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">forest, among tall trees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a bright birch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">stands its ground<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the birch bright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">without&nbsp; intention<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">sparkles day and night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">draws no attention<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the birch bright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">floats its own way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">without obstructing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the path of other trees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the birch bright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">doesn\u2019t sway with<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">every wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">like other trees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the birch bright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">sweeps the grief<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">from the sky while<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">other trees sleep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">it goes with the flow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">will not oppose<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">nor conform<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to the rules of others<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the birch bright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">has no particular<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">concept, for it is<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">rooted in the sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i still remember<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the breath of it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">waking me up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by the yawning dawn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in the dark sky-sea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a thunder spear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">strikes the saturated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">dark forest in a flash<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i smell a familiar smoke<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in the meadow of night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a breath a broken light<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 january 2020, amsterdam in the grey sky-sea a thunder spear flashes, splitting the sky in pieces the clouds on the horizon stitch the sky to the earth in the dark saturated forest, among tall trees a bright birch stands its ground the birch bright without&nbsp; intention sparkles day and night draws no attention the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-152","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}