{"id":13822,"date":"2021-12-18T19:24:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T13:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/?p=13822"},"modified":"2021-12-19T18:41:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T13:11:09","slug":"in-burning-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/18\/in-burning-red\/","title":{"rendered":"In burning red &#8211; A poem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>You live in shades of red<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I cower in grey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My life blossoms in my dreams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My days drag through leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I could just reach where you are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you could just paint me your colour once<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe I\u2019ll reach where you are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we could live together<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In burning red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Tavleen Kaur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Connect with me on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tavleen_words\/\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tavleensoni\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user\/show\/32793447-tavleen-kaur\">Goodreads<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/18\/in-burning-red\/#more-13822\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">In burning red &#8211; A poem<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous","category-my-writings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/burning-red-1.png","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13790,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/09\/read-even-the-greatest-writings-with-a-grain-of-salt\/","url_meta":{"origin":13822,"position":0},"title":"Read even the greatest writings with a grain of salt","date":"January 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This happens, right? 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