{"id":111140,"date":"2022-06-25T14:22:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T18:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=111140"},"modified":"2022-06-25T14:28:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T18:28:35","slug":"dont-let-your-words-throw-punches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/dont-let-your-words-throw-punches\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t let your words throw punches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">You always think<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll have another moment<\/p>\n<p>To erase the pain<\/p>\n<p>left by harsh words<\/p>\n<p>Said without thinking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was a silly disagreement<\/p>\n<p>But I left with tears<\/p>\n<p>Caressing my disappointed expression<\/p>\n<p>And your pride didn&#8217;t follow me<\/p>\n<p>As I hurriedly walk away.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Neither of us knew<\/p>\n<p>That would be our last discussion<\/p>\n<p>Together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You were my friend.<\/p>\n<p>Your unspoken apology<\/p>\n<p>Whispered to the heavens<\/p>\n<p>With your every day actions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Every moment is precious.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let your words throw punches.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mandy Austin Cook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You always think You&#8217;ll have another moment To erase the pain left by harsh words Said without thinking. &nbsp; It was a silly disagreement But I left with tears Caressing my disappointed expression And your pride didn&#8217;t follow me As I hurriedly walk away. &nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1301,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111140","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\/1301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111140"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111256,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111140\/revisions\/111256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}