{"id":190,"date":"2026-05-12T15:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/?page_id=190"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:37:20","slug":"in-the-hourglass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/?page_id=190","title":{"rendered":"in the hourglass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>23 january 2024<\/em>, <em>Limburg<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You should not believe me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I murmur, that time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Will remain unhaunted,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">like a language<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which cannot get lighter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When words are abundant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can you still remember,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">when each sand grain of the hourglass, held a green sun?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I could not discern the difference between<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The emerald of forest beneath<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the turquoise sky above,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The paper-thin horizon in between<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was wandering off into itself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The grass was erect, you were<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rolling over it, your white dress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">soaked in green blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I kissed you,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a piece of ruby<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gushing, making the green breath<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the air warm,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The milk could find its way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through the darkness, soft and warm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My breath entwined<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With yours,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We witnessed the room between stars,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fostered a new galaxy, dust,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blown, roared and settled,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uncertainly, Each sand grain, in the hourglass,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ran its own time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 january 2024, Limburg You should not believe me When I murmur, that time Will remain unhaunted, like a language Which cannot get lighter When words are abundant. Can you still remember, when each sand grain of the hourglass, held a green sun? I could not discern the difference between The emerald of forest beneath [&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-190","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190","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=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190\/revisions\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}