{"id":13600,"date":"2021-04-21T18:23:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T12:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/?p=13600"},"modified":"2021-04-21T18:23:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T12:53:41","slug":"isnt-the-sky-selfish-napowrimo-poem-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/21\/isnt-the-sky-selfish-napowrimo-poem-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Isn’t the sky selfish? – #NaPoWriMo Poem 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

Isn’t the sky selfish?
It’s so big.
And we get to touch none of it.
We can only look
And long, long for it.
And sit still while all it does
Is look down upon us.
As if saying
I’m always going to be grander
And more beautiful
Than all you humans
And your petty longings.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Tavleen<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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