{"id":215971,"date":"2022-07-04T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=215971"},"modified":"2022-07-01T04:25:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T03:25:14","slug":"the-wise-wingless-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/07\/the-wise-wingless-owl\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wise Wingless Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/owl-usha.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-215972\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/owl-usha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/owl-usha.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/owl-usha-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He sat perched so everyone could see.<br \/>\nUnmoving, but called king of the night.<br \/>\nOnly God could create that amazing yellow eyesight.<br \/>\nWithout a wing, he silently stares.<br \/>\nUnable to fly.<br \/>\nWith all his wisdom,<br \/>\nHe is sullen and \u00a0solemn.<br \/>\nCos his wing has fallen\u2026in a dark way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He watches the dull clouds go by.<br \/>\nNo wing, his flesh \u00a0must want to \u00a0tremble.<br \/>\nHis mind and soul may want to crumble.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Perhaps he is hiding his tears!<br \/>\nSurely, he has nightmares and despairs.<br \/>\nUnable to fly\u2026out in the perfumed sky<br \/>\nHe must be aching to fly.<br \/>\nAll I feel is distress<br \/>\nAnd rub my eye.<br \/>\nWhy can\u2019t I fly?<br \/>\nWhat counsel can I give you?<br \/>\nA hunter\u2019s heart is like thunder.<br \/>\nIn his eyes, you are just plunder.<br \/>\nTo me<br \/>\nYou are God\u2019s wonder<br \/>\nWise, wingless, robbed of flight.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a horrible sight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/owl-usha2.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-215973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/owl-usha2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/owl-usha2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/owl-usha2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/owl-usha2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/owl-usha2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n_____________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Usha-Roopnarain-e1623990401501.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-186568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Usha-Roopnarain-e1623990401501.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>Dr Usha Roopnarain \u2013 Former parliamentarian in the National Assembly of South Africa, social activist and passionate about human rights and gender equality.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He sat perched so everyone could see.<br \/>\nUnmoving, but called king of the night.<br \/>\nOnly God could create that amazing yellow 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