Oh, see the sun-
\nflower grow into the slant<\/p>\n
of your smile.
\nKnit me a jumper<\/p>\n
two sizes too big
\nso I can rise up to my existence,<\/p>\n
fill up the space that once was
\nmy self-doubted weeds growing<\/p>\n
through cracks in the pavement.
\nI will thrive into an oak,<\/p>\n
build tree houses as old as time.
\nFor when they ask me about you,<\/p>\n
I can tell them, we were meant
\nto be. One<\/p>\n
hand placed upon my stomach,
\nthe other guiding sleep<\/p>\n
to my eyes. You told me to rest,<\/em> and fall into me. I will catch<\/em> Oh, see the sun- flower grow into the slant of your smile. Knit me a jumper two sizes too big so I can rise up to my existence, fill up the space that once was my self-doubted weeds growing through cracks in the pavement. I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2465,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[5058,2236,4312],"class_list":["post-110782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","tag-2022hour5","tag-hour5","tag-hourfive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110782","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\/2465"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110787,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110782\/revisions\/110787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nmy darling, close your eyes<\/em><\/p>\n
\nyou.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"