{"id":742,"date":"2023-02-18T03:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T03:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/?p=742"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:11:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:11:34","slug":"a-whispers-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/?p=742","title":{"rendered":"A Whisper&#8217;s Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/f19-825x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/f19-825x1024.jpg 825w, https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/f19-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/f19-768x953.jpg 768w, https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/f19-1238x1536.jpg 1238w, https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/f19-1650x2048.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Dante lost in the Dark Wood by Gustave Dor\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon a whisper\u2019s thought, an invitation near<br>Doubt strides in, focus dies forlorn<br>Peace turns to war; clear becomes unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monsters of vice return and make me mourn,<br>That I have done, and what ill I could still do<br>Tempting me to withdraw all hope of life reborn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Never will the fairer sex grant me fairness true,<br>Thus I am condemned by their coldness and hate<br>So this thought, now many, places in mind\u2019s view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recall Our First Parents, godlike in state,<br>Were told by whisper first to take and eat<br>To never die, and thus took the serpent\u2019s bait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the enemy devises again to cheat<br>Saying I must sin in order to be loved<br>Let my soul fly lies; Jesus and Mary I greet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, do I give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid.&#8221; &#8211; John 14:27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8,59],"class_list":["post-742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-faith","tag-relationships"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=742"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52700,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742\/revisions\/52700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}