{"id":110603,"date":"2022-06-25T13:45:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T17:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=110603"},"modified":"2022-06-25T13:45:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T17:45:21","slug":"this-is-the-curse-of-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/this-is-the-curse-of-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the curse of fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is hard to leave the room<br \/>\nwhen you are the one<br \/>\nwho lit the match<br \/>\nBecause fulfillment only comes<br \/>\nwhen you see the flames<br \/>\ngrasping for the ceiling<br \/>\nThis is the curse of fire<\/p>\n<p>Anytime I see a fire rage<br \/>\nit still fills me with awe<br \/>\nto think about its grandeur<br \/>\nSeeing how the flame<br \/>\nonly grows as it destroys<br \/>\nis still my greatest joy<br \/>\nThis is the curse of fire<\/p>\n<p>I have long wondered<br \/>\nhow it would feel<br \/>\nto dance that close to the flame<br \/>\nAnd often have to tell myself<br \/>\nthat letting the fire consume me<br \/>\ncannot be undone<br \/>\nThis is the curse of fire<\/p>\n<p>The hotter it becomes<br \/>\nthe easier it is<br \/>\nto get lost in its embrace<br \/>\nI have never lit a match<br \/>\nwithout intending to watch it<br \/>\nuntil the fire became me<br \/>\nThis is the curse of fire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is hard to leave the room when you are the one who lit the match Because fulfillment only comes when you see the flames grasping for the ceiling This is the curse of fire Anytime I see a fire rage it still fills me&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4175,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4906,5058,680,4880,73],"class_list":["post-110603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","tag-2022fullmarathon","tag-2022hour5","tag-poetrymarathon","tag-2022-poetry-marathon","tag-fire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110630,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110603\/revisions\/110630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}