{"id":1534,"date":"2026-05-29T14:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T05:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/?page_id=1534"},"modified":"2026-05-29T14:41:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T05:41:27","slug":"at-the-foot-of-the-mountain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/?page_id=1534","title":{"rendered":"At the Foot of the Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-227-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-227-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-227-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-227-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-227.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The man lights the small hearth on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tiny flame sways<br>like a morning on a mountain no one has yet stepped upon,<br>gently revealing the shadow of the past<br>that had sunk deep within his chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The steam rising from the cooker<br>wavers like the faint scent of choices once made<br>and words left unspoken,<br>brushing softly against his cheek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cat follows the steam with its eyes,<br>its slowly swaying tail whispering,<br>\u201cThere are burdens you no longer need to carry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The man tastes a sip of freshly brewed coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the dim room,<br>the faint scent left after shaving<br>reminds him\u2014not of cutting ties\u2014<br>but of the quiet courage to simply let go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the mountain ahead,<br>he must carry no unnecessary weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With his gaze lowered,<br>he murmurs as if picking up<br>the words that had remained in his heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPast\u2026 I leave you here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ToEbe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toward the margin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man lights the small hearth on the table. The tiny flame swayslike a morning on a mountain no one has yet  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1534","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1536,"href":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1534\/revisions\/1536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toebe-cs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}