{"id":1409,"date":"2024-04-06T16:50:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T16:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afflatuscreations.com\/?page_id=1409"},"modified":"2024-04-06T16:51:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T16:51:08","slug":"a-friend-in-me-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afflatuscreations.com\/index.php\/a-friend-in-me-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Friend in Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1409\" class=\"elementor elementor-1409\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e700cb2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e700cb2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f94a7d6\" data-id=\"f94a7d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3b7394 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3b7394\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong><u>A Friend in Me<\/u><\/strong><\/h2><p>Swayed by breeze,<\/p><p>lost my course.<\/p><p>Tossed by waves,<\/p><p>struggled to float.<\/p><p>Repaired the ship,<\/p><p>reinforced the hull,<\/p><p>strengthened helm,<\/p><p>retrained to sail.<\/p><p>New winds and waves<\/p><p>threw me about<\/p><p>upside down, and<\/p><p>off my course.<\/p><p>Beaten, defeated,<\/p><p>ship capsized,<\/p><p>with nothing to hold,<\/p><p>just my breath.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>It carried me tender<\/p><p>to an unseen place<\/p><p>untouched by winds,<\/p><p>unclaimed by waves.<\/p><p>A sea of stillness<\/p><p>in a writhing me.<\/p><p>Or was it me<\/p><p>inside the sea?<\/p><p>Either way, now I know<\/p><p>this serene respite,<\/p><p>the safe retreat.<\/p><p>A forever friend<\/p><p>in my breath,<\/p><p>upon whom, I often glide.<\/p><p>The bigger the storm<\/p><p>the deeper I dive.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Suruchi Arora<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Friend in Me Swayed by breeze, lost my course. 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Beaten, defeated, ship capsized, with nothing to hold, just my breath. \u00a0 It carried me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1409","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Friend in Me - Afflatus Creations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Swayed by breeze,lost my course.Tossed by waves,struggled to float.Repaired the ship,reinforced the hull,strengthened helm,retrained to sail.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/afflatuscreations.com\/index.php\/a-friend-in-me-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Friend in Me - 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