{"id":1145,"date":"2016-11-12T23:26:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T23:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tungstenfilamentgroup.com\/blog\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2018-01-27T19:34:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T19:34:31","slug":"decembers-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/decembers-end\/","title":{"rendered":"December&#8217;s End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8rzUn6XwTlI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/2uhKhZZGIWLioc8vAiMUu5\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Sumptus-ignis-decembers-end-lyrics\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View lyrics on Genius<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ash and alabaster<br \/>\nBuried Century<br \/>\nNo headstones to describe<br \/>\nThe silence beneath<br \/>\nWastes bled white<br \/>\nUnbroken miles shriek<br \/>\nGrim winds standing guard<br \/>\nFor what fools would unleash<\/p>\n<p>Dread swords in slumber<br \/>\nForged from hate and aggression<br \/>\nArmaments of cold disdain<\/p>\n<p>Woe awaits<br \/>\nDevastation<br \/>\nDeferred but unrelenting<\/p>\n<p>Though we stand at December\u2019s end<br \/>\nThe winter rages on and on<br \/>\nOur frozen fears are never far<br \/>\nUntil the ice has come to thaw<\/p>\n<p>Patient pestilence aplenty<br \/>\nPersisting under the ice<br \/>\nHidden from sight and mind, they linger<br \/>\nThe worms shall have their turn<\/p>\n<p>The legacy of bloodless feuds<br \/>\nFrom forestalled enmity to total ruin<\/p>\n<p>Permafrost to slush<br \/>\nThe glaciers weep<br \/>\nDead oceans stretch their fingers<br \/>\nAll borders erased<br \/>\nWhen warmer winters rage<br \/>\nAnd shielding snows subside<br \/>\nThe flotsam on the rising seas<br \/>\nShall bear an ill tide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View lyrics on Genius Ash and alabaster Buried Century No headstones to describe The silence beneath Wastes bled white Unbroken miles shriek Grim winds standing guard For what fools would unleash Dread swords in slumber Forged from hate and aggression Armaments of cold disdain Woe awaits Devastation Deferred but unrelenting Though we stand at December\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[315,10,314,16],"tags":[316,289,133,319],"class_list":["post-1145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lyrcis","category-music","category-sumptus-ignis","category-writing","tag-lyrics","tag-music","tag-songwriting","tag-sumptus-ignis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1145"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1309,"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions\/1309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}