{"id":127671,"date":"2023-09-02T10:09:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T14:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=127671"},"modified":"2023-09-02T20:20:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T00:20:55","slug":"surpassing-the-odds-passed-by-the-odd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/surpassing-the-odds-passed-by-the-odd\/","title":{"rendered":"Hours 2 &#8211; Surpassing the Odds, Passed by the Odd"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>Record heat bounces off canyon walls\r\nstiffling my breath\r\nas I climb\r\n\r\nBreathless athletes pass\r\ndriven by unseen inspiration\r\nto overcome, do, prove\r\n\r\nLegs pushing against pedals\r\ntrying, but failing\r\nto reach the pinnacle\r\n\r\nTutu'd cyclists\r\npass and wave \r\nas I shamefully walk up the hill\r\n\r\nProof I am alive\r\nbut failing\r\nto reach undefined goals\r\n\r\nSurpassing all expectations\r\nof maintaining breath\r\nand utility of body\r\n\r\nBut soulfully lost\r\nreaching to the sky for strength\r\nand finding none\r\n\r\nAfter the race\r\nwith feet planted on level ground\r\nhope springs eternal\r\n\r\nA new chapter to be written\r\nshedding of \"must be's\"\r\nto reach the newly defined vision\r\n\r\nReaching for the sky\r\nin joyous communion\r\nlost no more<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Record heat bounces off canyon walls stiffling my breath as I climb Breathless athletes pass driven by unseen inspiration to overcome, do, prove Legs pushing against pedals trying, but failing to reach the pinnacle Tutu&#8217;d cyclists pass and wave as I shamefully walk up the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3614,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127671","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\/3614"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127671"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136738,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127671\/revisions\/136738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}