{"id":130373,"date":"2023-09-02T13:41:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T17:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=130373"},"modified":"2023-09-02T13:42:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T17:42:01","slug":"were-all-human-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/were-all-human-here\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re All Human Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minds ablaze<br \/>\nWith new ideas, exciting dreams<br \/>\nPains of past hurts and regrets<br \/>\nConfidence, self doubt<\/p>\n<p>Bodies with perfect hair<br \/>\nOr resistant to being tamed<br \/>\nFull of energy, limber, flexible<br \/>\nAching, aging, limited<\/p>\n<p>Lives filled with joy<br \/>\nDream jobs, 9 to 5 drudgery<br \/>\nGoing through the motions<br \/>\nMaking each day worthwhile<\/p>\n<p>Wondering who will miss us<br \/>\nWill we be missed at all?<br \/>\nGrateful for every blessing<br \/>\nJumping at every opportunity<\/p>\n<p>Commanding the stage, a strong presence<br \/>\nUncertainty, mind blanking, stage fright<br \/>\nHitting every mark, every line<br \/>\nStruggling to keep up, forgetting the steps<\/p>\n<p>Support from family and friends<br \/>\nAbandoned by those we give our hearts to<br \/>\nFinding love, securing it<br \/>\nGiving love, no reciprocation<\/p>\n<p>Living in a city high rise<br \/>\nEnjoying the quiet of the countryside<br \/>\nCold mountain air freezing lungs<br \/>\nHot desert air sticking to skin<\/p>\n<p>Abuses coming straight at us<br \/>\nLashing out at others<br \/>\nLifting up those around us<br \/>\nTearing them down, intentionally or not<\/p>\n<p>So many varieties of people<br \/>\nDifferent spectrums and walks of life<br \/>\nBut the fact of the matter is<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re all human here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minds ablaze With new ideas, exciting dreams Pains of past hurts and regrets Confidence, self doubt Bodies with perfect hair Or resistant to being tamed Full of energy, limber, flexible Aching, aging, limited Lives filled with joy Dream jobs, 9 to 5 drudgery Going through&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130373","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\/1102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131122,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130373\/revisions\/131122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}