{"id":31653,"date":"2026-06-29T21:19:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/under-the-fig-tree-write-out-loud\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:19:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:19:56","slug":"under-the-fig-tree-write-out-loud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/under-the-fig-tree-write-out-loud\/","title":{"rendered":"UNDER THE FIG TREE | Write Out Loud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>High hopes as the high skies.<\/p>\n<p>Do I have anything to reap<\/p>\n<p>a fruit to taste<\/p>\n<p>as I sit in the shade of a fig tree?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I wonder.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Do I have anything to gain<\/p>\n<p>a sight to see<\/p>\n<p>beyond the lilies\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>and the cold lake\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>into the gleaming forest across?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I wonder.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If I sleep here tonight<\/p>\n<p>who will miss me?<\/p>\n<p>who will make my very thoughts their own?<\/p>\n<p>who will shun me?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Come now.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t shy away from your truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High hopes as the high skies. 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