{"id":11274,"date":"2015-06-13T20:45:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T00:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=11274"},"modified":"2015-06-13T20:45:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T00:45:34","slug":"the-10th-hour-autobiography-of-a-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/the-10th-hour-autobiography-of-a-face\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10th hour &#8211; Autobiography of A Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Life was so different when I arrived on the scene<\/p>\n<p>Air and light were all new to me<\/p>\n<p>The sensitivity of the elements affected me at times<\/p>\n<p>But the careful hand of my caregiver would handle just fine<\/p>\n<p>Skin so soft, the tempter of every touch<\/p>\n<p>Every kiss, every caress that I treasured so much<\/p>\n<p>Years go by and life takes it toll<\/p>\n<p>Streaming tears, stress and harsh rays all play their role<\/p>\n<p>Anti-age creams, masks and make-up offer temporary solace<\/p>\n<p>I have enjoyed watching you in the mirror day in and day out<\/p>\n<p>The countless expressions from laughter to pout<\/p>\n<p>You are uniquely mine, no other can compare<\/p>\n<p>Whether chestnut brown or skin that&#8217;s fair<\/p>\n<p>This face knew no boundaries, we had a good run<\/p>\n<p>If I&#8217;m remembered well, the prize has been won<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life was so different when I arrived on the scene Air and light were all new to me The sensitivity of the elements affected me at times But the careful hand of my caregiver would handle just fine Skin so soft, the tempter of every&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":277,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11274","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\/277"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11342,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11274\/revisions\/11342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}