{"id":132634,"date":"2023-09-02T15:24:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T19:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=132634"},"modified":"2023-09-02T15:24:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T19:24:32","slug":"edge-of-the-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/edge-of-the-world-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Edge of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swirls of colors zoom past my head<br \/>\nFilling up the space above and below<\/p>\n<p>The edge of the earth<\/p>\n<p>Where void and expanse<br \/>\nTouch<br \/>\nTempting peace and time<br \/>\nLike the creation of Adam<br \/>\nAlways in each other\u2019s orbit<br \/>\nBut never touching<br \/>\nNever connecting<\/p>\n<p>\ufffcI hold my breath in my chest<br \/>\nFeeling it\u2019s warmth spread through my limbs<br \/>\nThe sun is so close<br \/>\nBut it\u2019s blazing fire keeps burning<\/p>\n<p>The chill of emptiness<br \/>\nPenetrates beneath my skin<br \/>\nBurrows deep in my meat and bones<br \/>\nThere won\u2019t be much more time here<br \/>\nAnd I\u2019m at peace with that end<br \/>\nAt peace with this choice<br \/>\nTo sit at the edge of the world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swirls of colors zoom past my head Filling up the space above and below The edge of the earth Where void and expanse Touch Tempting peace and time Like the creation of Adam Always in each other\u2019s orbit But never touching Never connecting \ufffcI hold&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1373,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[5954],"class_list":["post-132634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","tag-2023hour6"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132634","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\/1373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132652,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132634\/revisions\/132652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}