{"id":2300,"date":"2015-11-17T22:17:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T22:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sarasofar.com\/?page_id=2300"},"modified":"2015-11-17T22:23:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T22:23:00","slug":"the-drifter-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sarasofar.com\/?page_id=2300","title":{"rendered":"The Drifter"},"content":{"rendered":"
THE DRIFTER<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n
Written by Sara So Far<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
I came from distant but not afar<\/span><\/p>\n
Spread my bed among this population<\/span><\/p>\n
Here I fell victim to endless strolling<\/span><\/p>\n
Observed by none but one with all<\/span><\/p>\n
I’ve settled among the Endless Others<\/span><\/p>\n
Other I have become, myself<\/span><\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Fragrances of day<\/span><\/p>\n
Lights of lengthening nights<\/span><\/p>\n
The trains here sing and I<\/span><\/p>\n
try to catch their tones just to feel alive<\/span><\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
I wrap the city all around me<\/span><\/p>\n
to hide from winter’s chill<\/span><\/p>\n
Warm myself at life that runs<\/span><\/p>\n
through illuminated streets<\/span><\/p>\n
Warmer and warmer I melt, then evaporate<\/span><\/p>\n
join the clouds in their skyparade<\/span><\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Slowly drift away<\/span><\/p>\n
Drift away to sea<\/span><\/p>\n
The waves here sing and I<\/span><\/p>\n
dive into their tones just to be set free<\/span><\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Come back dear one and sing for us<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
 the melodies of water and wind <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Tell of how the trees applauded every time <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
the light danced to the rhythm of the seasons<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Come back and have the cloak<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
that you wore with so much pride<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Come back, lay down your modesty<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
be one of us, don’t hide<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Come empty all your pockets, empty them right here<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Our tables are bare and waiting<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Display here your stories of hope and love and fear<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
ignite them with a song<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
ignite them with a song<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
We’ll wrap your art around us<\/span><\/p>\n
to hide from winter’s chill<\/span><\/p>\n
Warm ourselves at words of longing<\/span><\/p>\n
that dance along from ear to ear<\/span><\/p>\n
Warmer and warmer, we melt, then evaporate<\/span><\/p>\n
Join the clouds in their skyparade<\/span><\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Rising up as one<\/span><\/p>\n
Drift away to sea<\/span><\/p>\n
The waves here sing, telling<\/span><\/p>\n
of whatever\u2019s been and of what will be<\/span><\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
\u00a92014 Sara So Far<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE DRIFTER Written by Sara So Far   I came from distant but not afar Spread my bed among this population Here I fell victim to endless strolling Observed by none but one with all I’ve settled among the Endless Others Other I have become, myself   Fragrances of day Lights of lengthening nights The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2227,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-leftsideimg.php","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2300","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P49K3m-B6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasofar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasofar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasofar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasofar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasofar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2300"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasofar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2308,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasofar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2300\/revisions\/2308"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasofar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasofar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}