{"id":4812,"date":"2018-11-14T09:19:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T15:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=4812"},"modified":"2018-11-14T09:19:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T15:19:19","slug":"fate-send-me-to-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/11\/14\/fate-send-me-to-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Fate, Send Me to The Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watching, waiting for the stars<\/p>\n<p>I wish to see them align just once<\/p>\n<p>Play me out a path to follow<\/p>\n<p>Give me direction to my fate<\/p>\n<p>Dance for me, distract the mind<\/p>\n<p>Give me life, or let me die<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If I were to have to die<\/p>\n<p>I dream of hypnotizing with the stars<\/p>\n<p>To become a part of the\u00a0universal mind<\/p>\n<p>I do not believe in death just once<\/p>\n<p>I want a thousand times with fate<\/p>\n<p>A million choices to follow<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I wonder what choices I must follow<\/p>\n<p>To a thousand times die<\/p>\n<p>How it might feel to converse with fate<\/p>\n<p>Ask them if I can join the stars<\/p>\n<p>Even if it is only just once<\/p>\n<p>That would give me peace of mind<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Is it even possible to have peace of mind?<\/p>\n<p>Conflicted with what choices to follow<\/p>\n<p>I only get to make that millionth choice once<\/p>\n<p>Then there is the question: will I ever die?<\/p>\n<p>What will I become after I join the stars?<\/p>\n<p>Things to ask might I converse with fate<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I think I can hear fate<\/p>\n<p>Or perhaps it is not but my mischievous mind<\/p>\n<p>But I swear they let me feel the stars<\/p>\n<p>Whispering what choice to follow<\/p>\n<p>Foreshadowing\u00a0how I will next die<\/p>\n<p>I would like to know the truth for once<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I did not believe once<\/p>\n<p>The possibility of fate<\/p>\n<p>But then I began to see the universe die<\/p>\n<p>The thoughts melted into my mind<\/p>\n<p>Now I am careful what choices I follow<\/p>\n<p>I pray for the gift of the life and death of the stars<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If fate presents with the choice to die<\/p>\n<p>That choice my mind will follow<\/p>\n<p>I will then hope that they will once choose the stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watching, waiting for the stars I wish to see them align just once Play me out a path to follow Give me direction to my fate Dance for me, distract the mind Give me life, or let me die &nbsp; If I were to have to die I dream of hypnotizing with the stars To &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/11\/14\/fate-send-me-to-the-stars\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fate, Send Me to The Stars&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4812"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4813,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4812\/revisions\/4813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}