{"id":384,"date":"2015-02-14T12:53:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T17:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=384"},"modified":"2015-02-14T13:00:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T18:00:03","slug":"lovers-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=384","title":{"rendered":"Lover&#8217;s Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A dance of time between two lovers<\/p>\n<p>On the dance floor is the woman of my dreams.<\/p>\n<p>She twirls and sashays from partner to partner.<\/p>\n<p>Only the stage of music separates the players from the dancers.<\/p>\n<p>Do I take the chance and ask to dance?<\/p>\n<p>Do I remain a player on the stage observing the seconds of time pass by?<\/p>\n<p>I take that step and she says yes.<\/p>\n<p>We dance together for but a moment.<\/p>\n<p>Her face, engraved in my mind.<\/p>\n<p>Its memory stays with me<\/p>\n<p>Though months pass, I continue to seek out the one.<\/p>\n<p>On occasion a glimpse, a shadow of the night I saw her first.<\/p>\n<p>Then comes Gloria and its aftermath<\/p>\n<p>Invited to a house party of another dancer, I choose to go.<\/p>\n<p>Time stands still<\/p>\n<p>To be on time is not to be.<\/p>\n<p>An empty house<\/p>\n<p>No cars to see, I turn around.<\/p>\n<p>I change my mind<\/p>\n<p>Time moves forward and I return.<\/p>\n<p>More cars, it is real, I go in.<\/p>\n<p>And there she is, the house mate.<\/p>\n<p>The memories of the past rush forward<\/p>\n<p>Hesitation is not there this night.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to dance?<\/p>\n<p>We do. And do. And do.<\/p>\n<p>A goodnight kiss&#8230;we&#8217;ll call again, and again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For 30 years, the lovers dance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HC-at-Silver-wedding.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-385\" src=\"http:\/\/hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HC-at-Silver-wedding-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"HC at Silver wedding\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HC-at-Silver-wedding-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HC-at-Silver-wedding.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dance of time between two lovers On the dance floor is the woman of my dreams. She twirls and sashays from partner to partner. Only the stage of music separates the players from the dancers. Do I take the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=384\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-original-stories","category-personal-stories","category-story-writing"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions\/388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}