{"id":132716,"date":"2023-09-02T15:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T19:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=132716"},"modified":"2023-09-02T15:38:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T19:38:01","slug":"prompt-7-viator-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/prompt-7-viator-surrender\/","title":{"rendered":"prompt 7 Viator: surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"

surrender<\/em><\/p>\n

I thought I knew love<\/p>\n

when I was younger<\/p>\n

in the days before life and death<\/p>\n

wrote my life like a soap opera.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

in all those deus ex machina moments<\/p>\n

I thought I knew love locked in the mysteries of trust or blindness<\/p>\n

where the universe cared about me enough<\/p>\n

to keep me from knowing everything.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I tripped along heavy footed,<\/p>\n

smashing little toes under crushing steps.<\/p>\n

I thought I knew love<\/p>\n

when hands reached out to steady me.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

so many times I find<\/p>\n

I know nothing<\/p>\n

when I think I know everything<\/p>\n

’til I thought I knew love.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

these days I pray for lighter steps,<\/p>\n

for hands less grasping and hungry,<\/p>\n

for humility before the unknown to teach me<\/p>\n

I thought I knew love.<\/p>\n

(c) r. l. elke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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