{"id":127197,"date":"2023-09-02T09:39:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T13:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=127197"},"modified":"2023-09-02T09:46:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T13:46:30","slug":"the-dark-abandon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/the-dark-abandon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dark Abandon &#8211; Hour One"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">The Dark Abandon<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-127184 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/birk-enwald-pXxFMZ1yrFE-unsplash-1229x1536-1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/birk-enwald-pXxFMZ1yrFE-unsplash-1229x1536-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/birk-enwald-pXxFMZ1yrFE-unsplash-1229x1536-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/birk-enwald-pXxFMZ1yrFE-unsplash-1229x1536-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/birk-enwald-pXxFMZ1yrFE-unsplash-1229x1536-1.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">He lives alone in the dark abandon<br \/>\nDim lights and trees surround<br \/>\nAn empty shell of a heart in tandem<br \/>\nWith grief and loss abound<br \/>\nHe cries at night, although none can hear him<br \/>\nNo moon, no stars, no sky<br \/>\nA mute, alone, an unwitting victim<br \/>\nOf a long, painful goodbye<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">He stares outside in the dark abandon<br \/>\nThe fog obscures his view<br \/>\nThe mist around flooding in to dampen<br \/>\nEvery memory he knew<br \/>\nAlone, he longs for a different answer<br \/>\nAn alternative path to trudge<br \/>\nBut here it is, a terminal cancer<br \/>\nTo be the Devil&#8217;s judge<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">He rests alone in the dark abandon<br \/>\nAnd prays his soul to keep<br \/>\nYearning for some way the Lord will stand in<br \/>\nBringing his soul to sleep<br \/>\nOne day, there will be a light before him<br \/>\nAs the cherubs welcome him home<br \/>\nBut now, this test in the dark abandon<br \/>\nPrevents his sweet shalom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dark Abandon &nbsp; He lives alone in the dark abandon Dim lights and trees surround An empty shell of a heart in tandem With grief and loss abound He cries at night, although none can hear him No moon, no stars, no sky A&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":692,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1136,441],"tags":[5777,5778,1806,3456,392],"class_list":["post-127197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-official-marathon-prompts","category-poetry-prompt-responses","tag-2023-poetry-marathon-poems","tag-cancer-poems","tag-jill-eisnaugle","tag-jill-halasz","tag-writing-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127197","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\/692"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127197"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127416,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127197\/revisions\/127416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}