{"id":19887,"date":"2018-06-20T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspireafire.com\/?p=19887"},"modified":"2018-06-21T13:31:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T17:31:49","slug":"the-son-becomes-a-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspireafire.com\/the-son-becomes-a-father\/","title":{"rendered":"The Son Becomes a Father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Son Becomes a Father<\/p>\n<p>Where did you go, Son?<br \/>\nBursting into a room<br \/>\nSlinging doors wide open<br \/>\nCould it end so soon?<\/p>\n<p>Where is that voice?<br \/>\nSo excited to share<br \/>\nLoudly and proudly,<br \/>\nSo completely aware.<\/p>\n<p>Where are your toys?<br \/>\nStrewn about in a path.<br \/>\nUp and down steps.<br \/>\nIn and out of the bath.<\/p>\n<p>Where is your spirit?<br \/>\nDefiant and daring.<br \/>\nFearless and frustrating.<br \/>\nCompassionate, caring.<\/p>\n<p>Where is my son?<br \/>\nMy heart and my soul.<br \/>\nMy opposite, my warrior.<br \/>\nThe day I lost all control.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I see you now standing<br \/>\nAt the door to his room.<br \/>\nBreathing in moments<br \/>\nThat end way too soon.<\/p>\n<p>Your voice is now firm.<br \/>\nDeep, authentic and rare.<br \/>\nProtective, decisive.<br \/>\nSo completely aware.<\/p>\n<p>Your toys are now tools<br \/>\nBuilding railings and wagons.<br \/>\nYour world, now a fortress,<br \/>\nfighting dungeons and dragons.<\/p>\n<p>I hear you whispering,<br \/>\nLeaving the door ajar.<br \/>\nMaking your escape,<br \/>\nBut never going too far.<\/p>\n<p>My son cradles his boy,<br \/>\nhis soul and his heart.<br \/>\nAdventurers and warriors,<br \/>\nSo prepared for the part.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My son cradles his boy,<br \/>\nhis soul and his heart.<br \/>\nAdventurers and warriors,<br \/>\nSo prepared for the part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":19900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1551],"tags":[3375,3029,1011,3495,126,3494],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Son Becomes a Father - Inspire A Fire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/inspireafire.com\/the-son-becomes-a-father\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Son Becomes a Father - Inspire A Fire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My son cradles his boy, his soul and his heart. 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