{"id":5173,"date":"2022-05-31T18:06:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/?p=5173"},"modified":"2024-03-11T17:54:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:54:36","slug":"the-prisoner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/en\/2022\/05\/the-prisoner\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5173\" class=\"elementor elementor-5173\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7267d31 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7267d31\" 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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-584ceb3\" data-id=\"584ceb3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc6402 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3dc6402\" 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\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5211 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/mayjun22_image-009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/mayjun22_image-009.jpg 305w, https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/mayjun22_image-009-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/mayjun22_image-009-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/>Sometimes in my heart, someone steps foot.<br \/>He steps with fervor, as if to take it.<\/p><p>He measures it from bottom to top.<br \/>I stay silent, I listen, I hold by breath:<\/p><p>Is it a disease, is it death,<br \/>I won\u2019t complain, this is my lot.\u00a0<\/p><p>It hurts, but I\u2019m not afraid<br \/>Only my heart becomes small, so small&#8230;<\/p><p>One night, the steps get bigger and bigger&#8230;<br \/>\u201cQuiet, my heart, or you\u2019ll burst!\u201d<\/p><p>I yell at her: \u201cAre you crazy?\u201d<br \/>She knocks at my ear to tell me:<\/p><p>\u201cCome on, get up, it\u2019s Him&#8230;\u201d<br \/>\u201cHim? Who\u2019s Him? Hold on a bit!\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s Him, the Lord,\u201d she barely gasps,<br \/>\u201cHe\u2019s measuring us with steps of a star&#8230;\u201d<\/p><p>All of a sudden, I muster my strength<br \/>Wave upon wave floods me with joy&#8230;<\/p><p>\u201cO, I\u2019ve caught you, my Lord,<br \/>You can\u2019t escape, I\u2019m holding You Prisoner&#8230;\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0\u201cWell, well,\u201d He smiled, \u201chold Me for an instant\u201d<br \/>\u201cAh,\u201d I groan, \u201cI\u2019m perishing&#8230;\u201d<\/p><p>For an instant, my heart became Heaven.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Vasile Voiculescu<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes in my heart, someone steps foot.He steps with fervor, as if to take it. 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