{"id":1622,"date":"2026-01-15T20:52:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rythmicchimney.org\/staging\/2056\/?page_id=1622"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:54:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:54:05","slug":"when-i-was-young","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rythmicchimney.org\/staging\/2056\/when-i-was-young\/","title":{"rendered":"When I Was Young"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"487\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"1624\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rythmicchimney.org\/staging\/2056\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3246-scaled-e1768531638667-487x1024.jpeg?resize=487%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rythmicchimney.org\/staging\/2056\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3246-scaled-e1768531638667.jpeg?resize=487%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 487w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rythmicchimney.org\/staging\/2056\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3246-scaled-e1768531638667.jpeg?resize=143%2C300&amp;ssl=1 143w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rythmicchimney.org\/staging\/2056\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3246-scaled-e1768531638667.jpeg?w=623&amp;ssl=1 623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><br><br>When I was young the sky was bluer<br>Birds sang clearer, the day was newer<br>Like baby\u2019s breath the air was so sweet<br>Innocent sleep when the day was complete<br><br>Daddy would fix it when it would break<br>Time to console me Daddy would take<br>When I faced monsters, he\u2019d take my hand<br>There was no monster too big for that man.<br><br>The wind in the trees made music sweet<br>Mama\u2019s lap was the very best seat<br>Her lullaby could ease every care<br>As she hummed softly, smoothing my hair<br><br>Way back then in days of my youth<br>Lie was a lie, truth was the truth<br>There was no gray only black or white <br>Just right and wrong only left or right<br> <br>No breaking line, you waited your turn<br>Pay you received was pay that you earned<br>No consolation for a lost race<br>Played by the rules or consequence faced<br><br>Untold factors, different perspectives<br>No changing the rules or directives<br>Height did not raise nor lower the bar<br>Prestige, power, judgement did not mar<br><br>Remember when the sky wasn\u2019t gray?<br>Storm hinting clouds just melted away?<br>Oh, how I long for a time such as then-<br>To go back when I was young again.<br><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was young the sky was bluerBirds sang clearer, the day was newerLike baby\u2019s breath the air was so sweetInnocent sleep when the day was completeDaddy would fix it when it would breakTime to console me Daddy would takeWhen I faced monsters, he\u2019d take my handThere was no monster too big for that man.The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","WB4WB4WP_MODE":"","WB4WP_PAGE_SCRIPTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_STYLES":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FONTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_HEADER":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FOOTER":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1622","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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