{"id":11193,"date":"2021-03-12T12:06:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T11:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/?page_id=11193"},"modified":"2025-08-17T01:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T00:52:25","slug":"the-trick-to-holding-on-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/poems\/the-trick-to-holding-on-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trick to Holding On"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11193\" class=\"elementor elementor-11193\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5131a13e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"5131a13e\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">The Trick to Holding On<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30bdd63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30bdd63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Poem by Taylor Swift | December 6, 2017<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9740215 elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"9740215\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-646e55d elementor-widget elementor-widget-sidebar\" data-id=\"646e55d\" 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its lustrous net<br \/>How quickly we become intertwined<br \/>How wonderful it is to forget<br \/>All the times your intuition failed you<br \/>But it hasn\u2019t killed you yet<br \/>Hold on to childlike whims and moonlight swims<br \/>And your blazing self-respect<\/p><p>And if you drive the roads of this town<br \/>Ones you\u2019ve gone down so many times before<br \/>Flashback to all the times<br \/>Life nearly ran you off the road<br \/>But tonight your hand is steady<br \/>Suddenly you\u2019ll know<br \/>The trick to holding on<br \/>Was all that letting go<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c97fe16 elementor-share-buttons--view-icon elementor-share-buttons--skin-framed elementor-share-buttons--color-custom elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"c97fe16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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