A car racing through the night
\nIn the rain<\/p>\n
On a side window
\nTwo droplets
\nOf many
\nQuiver and shake
\nGripping in fierce determination
\nForward momentum
\nIronically urges them back<\/p>\n
Other droplets
\nRelease
\nGliding down in rapid arcs<\/p>\n
Or join
\nCombining forces as larger pools<\/p>\n
These two remain
\nSide by side<\/p>\n
Closer together
\nIncremental movement
\nTowards a single path<\/p>\n
Still quivering
\nStill separate<\/p>\n
The car rounds a corner
\nForces shift<\/p>\n
These beads move closer
\nScientifically weighing the risk
\nThe rewards<\/p>\n
Two bloated reflections
\nOf a world
\nStanding still and rushing past<\/p>\n
Another turn
\nA bump to the right<\/p>\n
Fearful perfect spheres
\nShudder and strain
\nStretch long to unite<\/p>\n
The wheel catches in a rut
\nA jump in the scene<\/p>\n
One fresh droplet
\nBreaks apart
\nToo soon
\nShattering and dissolving<\/p>\n
Dispersed from the car
\nReturned to the rain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A car racing through the night In the rain On a side window Two droplets Of many Quiver and shake Gripping in fierce determination Forward momentum Ironically urges them back Other droplets Release Gliding down in rapid arcs Or join Combining forces as larger pools These two remain Side by side Closer together Incremental movement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s755F8-union","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":409,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions\/409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}