{"id":116765,"date":"2022-06-25T21:18:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T01:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=116765"},"modified":"2022-06-25T21:18:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T01:18:32","slug":"hour-13-gift-of-misfortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/hour-13-gift-of-misfortune\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 13: Gift of Misfortune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Based on hour 13 text prompt)<\/p>\n<p>Misfortune falls unexpectedly<br \/>\nYou are just there<br \/>\nGoing about your life<br \/>\nWhen suddenly<br \/>\nThe world turns upside down<\/p>\n<p>You question \u2013<br \/>\nWhy me<br \/>\nWhat did I ever do<br \/>\nWasn&#8217;t I good enough<br \/>\nA human just striving to survive?<\/p>\n<p>You look on as time passes<br \/>\nAs friends leave you behind<br \/>\nAs everyone questions<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s wrong with you<br \/>\nAs everything falls apart<\/p>\n<p>You try and pick up<br \/>\nThe broken pieces<br \/>\nTry and recreate<br \/>\nThe complete picture<br \/>\nBut some pieces are lost forever<\/p>\n<p>Crying and despair<br \/>\nScorn and loneliness<br \/>\nThe feeling of drowning<br \/>\nWhile people stand and watch<br \/>\nScoffing\u2013 how come you can&#8217;t swim?<\/p>\n<p>And then, in the deepest despair<br \/>\nThrough the depths of ice water<br \/>\nThat suffocates you<br \/>\nReaches out a hand<br \/>\nDo I finally have a friend?<\/p>\n<p>Someone who cares and understands<br \/>\nTeaches you how to swim<br \/>\nAccepts you for all your mess<br \/>\nThey don&#8217;t care if you don&#8217;t put up a front<br \/>\nJust for the sake of it<\/p>\n<p>They know and they are here<br \/>\nAnd if one thing you gained<br \/>\nGoing through all the trauma, guilt and despair<br \/>\nIs a friend who will stand by your side<br \/>\nEven in the face of misfortune.<\/p>\n<p>People like people who are positive<br \/>\nFun to be around, complete human<br \/>\nYou and your demons and your broken pieces<br \/>\nStill have a place to go, to call home<br \/>\nA person that misfortune gifted you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Based on hour 13 text prompt) Misfortune falls unexpectedly You are just there Going about your life When suddenly The world turns upside down You question \u2013 Why me What did I ever do Wasn&#8217;t I good enough A human just striving to survive? You&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":843,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116765","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\/843"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116772,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116765\/revisions\/116772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}