{"id":23506,"date":"2022-03-25T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=23506"},"modified":"2022-03-26T13:54:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T13:54:10","slug":"arrias-a-streetlight-in-kota-kinabalu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/arrias-a-streetlight-in-kota-kinabalu\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrias: A Streetlight in Kota Kinabalu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/arrias_muse1.png\" width=\"214\" height=\"288\" \/>The road from the port dipped,<br \/>\nAs it ran beside the long pier,<br \/>\nDark and dirty and quiet,<br \/>\nEfficient, unwelcoming, austere.<\/p>\n<p>He walked slowly down the road,<br \/>\nFar away was a single streetlight,<br \/>\nA pale yellow glow in the tropic heat,<br \/>\nJust managed to hold back the night.<\/p>\n<p>The bougainvillea smelled like honeysuckle,<br \/>\nMemories of youth spent far, far away,<br \/>\nIn a place of snow and ice,<br \/>\nNot here, on the road to Mandalay.<\/p>\n<p>Just walking from the ship caused a sweat,<br \/>\nHis shirt now stained with salt,<br \/>\nHe pressed on all alone,<br \/>\nUnder the humid air\u2019s assault.<\/p>\n<p>But there among the flowers<br \/>\nHe saw something move,<br \/>\nAnd out of the shadows,<br \/>\nStepped a shape that he could love.<\/p>\n<p>Petite in every sense,<br \/>\nBarely five feet tall,<br \/>\nA memory from long ago,<br \/>\nA living China doll\u2026<\/p>\n<p>She stood under the streetlight,<br \/>\nExquisite in every detail,<br \/>\nHis heart beat ever faster,<br \/>\nHe paused and deeply inhaled.<\/p>\n<p>She smiled as he drew near,<br \/>\nThen that laugh so sweet and clear,<br \/>\nLike crystals tinkling in the wind,<br \/>\nA memory that was so dear.<\/p>\n<p>He smiled and then he asked<br \/>\n\u201cDo I know you, Miss?\u201d<br \/>\nShe laughed again and then looked up,<br \/>\nThat smile\u2026 and then\u2026 Her Kiss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou remembered all this time?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cOf course and so did you.<br \/>\nHow could I forget my angelic muse,<br \/>\nUnder a light in Kota Kinabalu?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2022 Arrias<br \/>\nwww.vicsocotra.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The road from the port dipped, As it ran beside the long pier, Dark and dirty and quiet, Efficient, unwelcoming, austere. He walked slowly down the road, Far away was a single streetlight, A pale yellow glow in the tropic heat, Just managed to hold back the night. The bougainvillea smelled like honeysuckle, Memories of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arrian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23506"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23508,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23506\/revisions\/23508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}