{"id":799,"date":"2014-06-06T21:53:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T12:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/?p=799"},"modified":"2014-06-07T15:32:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-07T06:32:32","slug":"i-knew-she-could","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/06\/i-knew-she-could\/","title":{"rendered":"I knew she could"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/140511_bird_leaves_500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-801\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/140511_bird_leaves_500.jpg\" alt=\"140511_bird_leaves_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I knew she <em>could<\/em>,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">when she said\u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">nearly up to the rocks,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">looking up through new leaves,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">swirls of creamy yellow and pink,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">crimson red,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">like birds born overdue,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">feathers more than ready,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">just a little wet,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/140511_bird_leaf_300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-803\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/140511_bird_leaf_300.jpg\" alt=\"140511_bird_leaf_300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/140511_bird_leaf_300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/140511_bird_leaf_300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">like baby birds<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">with more strength than baby birds<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">could rightfully possess,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">pushing free from<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">shells with no more weight<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">than a glimmer of light<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(but how firm they\u2019d held!),<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">looking up through leaves at an azure<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">deeper than we&#8217;d ever known before,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">her fingertips<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">pressing into my shoulder\u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I knew she <em>could<\/em>,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">when she said,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cI wish I could fly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/140511_dead_tree_sky_270.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-802\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/140511_dead_tree_sky_270.jpg\" alt=\"140511_dead_tree_sky_270\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I knew she could, when she said\u2014 nearly up to the rocks, looking up through new leaves, swirls of creamy yellow and pink, crimson red, like birds born overdue, feathers more than ready, just a little wet, like baby birds with more strength than baby birds could rightfully possess, pushing free from shells with no &hellip; 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