{"product_id":"envoi-dakota-mcelhinny-9798372623897","title":"Envoi","description":"\u003cb\u003eEnvoi: An Author's Concluding Thought \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTides of Love: \u003cbr\u003eI wish for our eyes to kiss, for the soul reflects deep tunes \/ Silently savoring that stare, even the ocean reflects the moon \/\u003cbr\u003eYour beam would ablaze my eyes, like dancing, rippled moonlight, bestrewn \/ For that is what we are-I the ocean, and you the moon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Heart \u0026amp; The Harp: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe heart is a harp, strumming sinews to its tunes \/ The harp is a heart, beating vibrations to its muse \/ When we choose to love ourselves, we learn to accept our flaws \/ For all that matters is what is not that which was. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFree yourself to begin anew, life is full of compositional stages \/ Orchestrate your own symphony, flip to those next pages \/ There's no wrong if you're trying, even if you are offbeat \/ For we dance to our own music, penned from our musical sheets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo door is permanent, for the heart is a key to the sage \/ No foundation is permanent, you merely need love to repave \/ There will always be an audience, since life is \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e play offstage \/ So be the speckled songbird, escape your circular cage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerched Ponderings: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGazing from this perch, does reflection give life pulse? \/ Just as the leafless trees, I know who I was once \/ I've lived many different lives with many different breathes \/ I've played lover, fool, and brother, and each day bleeds to the next \/ And when my present seems to shatter, I reach for my bag of pasts \/ latching onto anything, afraid to begin the next Act. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTasting, savoring, reminiscing, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eI've enchanted these wordy stanzas \/ \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eYet carried by the whims of life, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm only a poet drunk on nostalgia.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dakota McElhinny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798372623897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d","brand":"Dakota McElhinny","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851427623167,"sku":"9798372623897","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/envoi-dakota-mcelhinny-9798372623897","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}