{"id":114919,"date":"2022-06-25T19:00:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T23:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=114919"},"modified":"2022-06-25T19:17:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T23:17:24","slug":"the-conquerors-chronicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/the-conquerors-chronicle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Conqueror’s Chronicle (Hour 10)"},"content":{"rendered":"
He finally said let’s have a baby girl.<\/div>\n
I was unsure but willing.<\/div>\n
As my belly grew, I placed my hands there to feel your kicks.<\/div>\n
Our unspoken bond.<\/div>\n
I knew you were a girl before the ultrasound.<\/div>\n
I prayed often for God the creator of All to cover you.<\/div>\n
Your original due date would have made you a Virgo so I selfishly asked if you could be a Libra like me.<\/div>\n
The day of your arrival was unlike any other.<\/div>\n
It was October 1,2006 and the pain was excruciating. I knew it was time for you to make your grand entrance.<\/div>\n
Later that evening, our\u00a0birthing story became a nightmare.<\/div>\n
I dare not share the details because I don’t remember holding you.<\/div>\n
My eyes were drowned in tears.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He finally said let’s have a baby girl. I was unsure but willing. As my belly grew, I placed my hands there to feel your kicks. Our unspoken bond. I knew you were a girl before the ultrasound. I prayed often for God the creator…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1080,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[4909,3116,514],"class_list":["post-114919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","tag-2022halfmarathon","tag-adivinecollectionofchaos","tag-birth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114919","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\/1080"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114919"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115242,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114919\/revisions\/115242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}