{"id":60,"date":"2026-08-22T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matthewjohnson.id.au\/wordpress\/?p=60"},"modified":"2026-08-28T02:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:05:49","slug":"morning-clouds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewjohnson.id.au\/wordpress\/?p=60","title":{"rendered":"Morning Clouds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-small-font-size\">Dull and grey, cold and still<br>I trudge off to start my day<br>Outside my home<br>the weather mirrors my mood<br><br>As I crunch towards my car<br>the gravel seems subdued<br>Less intense, as if it, too<br>has responded to the weather<br><br>I look towards the east<br>seeking the slight warmth<br>and golden glow<br>of the early sun<br><br>I feel it before I see it<br>A reflection in the morning dew<br>I raise my gaze<br>to discover the source<br><br>The clouds have been cleaved apart<br>and light pours through the wound<br>surrounding me in the dawn\u2019s light<br>I feel the warmth, experience the energy<br><br>As my mood lifts, and I feel the joy,<br>For just the moment<br>I am basking in the sun\u2019s vitality<br>Witnessing the beauty of this morning<br><br>Just as abruptly<br>the break repairs<br>The warmth and light ebb<br>The beauty is with me forever<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written: August 22nd, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a9 Matthew Johnson. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dull and grey, cold and stillI trudge off to start my dayOutside my homethe weather mirrors my moodAs I crunch towards my carthe gravel seems subduedLess intense, as if it, toohas responded to the weatherI look towards the eastseeking the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/matthewjohnson.id.au\/wordpress\/?p=60\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[12,8],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-nature","tag-poetry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewjohnson.id.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewjohnson.id.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewjohnson.id.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewjohnson.id.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewjohnson.id.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/matthewjohnson.id.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67,"href":"https:\/\/matthewjohnson.id.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewjohnson.id.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewjohnson.id.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewjohnson.id.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}