{"id":133835,"date":"2023-09-02T16:59:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T20:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=133835"},"modified":"2023-09-02T17:00:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T21:00:37","slug":"hour-8-tracking-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/hour-8-tracking-shadows\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 8: Tracking Shadows"},"content":{"rendered":"

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( from music prompt at YT: Max Richter \u201cOn the Nature of Daylight\u201d https:\/\/youtu.be\/rVN1B-tUpgs?si=xsBUL8uLRS2Yi8gR )<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

:Repeat:<\/span><\/p>\n

I watch the way light flows <\/span><\/p>\n

-over flagstones<\/span><\/p>\n

-over walls<\/span><\/p>\n

-over water<\/span><\/p>\n

Catches my attention at odd times<\/span><\/p>\n

And when it does <\/span><\/p>\n

I sit, remembering.<\/span><\/p>\n

And think, and recall.<\/span><\/p>\n

And sit, and wait, and wait, and wait.<\/span><\/p>\n

And I breathe and remind myself that I am.<\/span><\/p>\n

I AM<\/span><\/p>\n

I am this, this – this here, now.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here and now. And I am still.<\/span><\/p>\n

I remain, and recall, and waiting for the moment the memories wash out again <\/span><\/p>\n

-and I can breathe-<\/span><\/p>\n

Breathe deep and true.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am here. As this. As me. <\/span><\/p>\n

Others are here, yet still – but not in shapes I knew and held and loved<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a sorrow in that, regret, grief but also joy and love in memory <\/span><\/p>\n

Breathing – I am. I know I am.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finding ways, I muddle onward, muddle upward.<\/span><\/p>\n

Light tracks <\/span><\/p>\n

-over flagstones <\/span><\/p>\n

-over walls<\/span><\/p>\n

-over water<\/span><\/p>\n

Catching my attention <\/span><\/p>\n

And I repeat this refrain of loss and love <\/span><\/p>\n

It is as the seasons<\/span><\/p>\n

It is as the tides<\/span><\/p>\n

Grief<\/span><\/p>\n

growth<\/span><\/p>\n

love<\/span><\/p>\n

loss<\/span><\/p>\n

endurance<\/span><\/p>\n

growth<\/span><\/p>\n

sadness <\/span><\/p>\n

Again –<\/span><\/p>\n

I watch the shadows track through the day and think<\/span><\/p>\n

This action, <\/span><\/p>\n

This time <\/span><\/p>\n

This process<\/span><\/p>\n

-is me<\/span><\/p>\n

-and us<\/span><\/p>\n

-and is all of us<\/span><\/p>\n

Breathe in <\/span><\/p>\n

Breathe out<\/span><\/p>\n

Find a way forward<\/span><\/p>\n

-each way<\/span><\/p>\n

-each day<\/span><\/p>\n

I watch the way light flows<\/span><\/p>\n

:Repeat:<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

( from music prompt at YT: Max Richter \u201cOn the Nature of Daylight\u201d https:\/\/youtu.be\/rVN1B-tUpgs?si=xsBUL8uLRS2Yi8gR )   :Repeat: I watch the way light flows -over flagstones -over walls -over water Catches my attention at odd times And when it does I sit, remembering. And think, and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4375,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1136,441,5],"tags":[51,191],"class_list":["post-133835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-official-marathon-prompts","category-poetry-prompt-responses","category-poetry-prompts","tag-death","tag-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133835","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\/4375"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133901,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133835\/revisions\/133901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}