Hour 14<\/p>\n
9\/2\/2023<\/p>\n
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“A Moment’s Hope…”<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Close your eyes<\/p>\n and listen – just listen,<\/p>\n you CAN hear<\/p>\n a heartbeat<\/p>\n …cry, even your own.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Eyes stare from tenement windows,<\/p>\n to the dark – beyond AND within,<\/p>\n and Electronic rooms beckon –<\/p>\n so filled with ether whispers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n …Whispers that tease and cajole<\/p>\n spirits lost in a moment’s hope<\/p>\n caught up in empty dreams<\/p>\n living empty promises, alone.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Is a world of tears that beckons,<\/p>\n a world of fears surround.<\/p>\n We wish so much for so little<\/p>\n to feel so utterly frail –<\/p>\n when we realize<\/p>\n we don’t even know how to reach,<\/p>\n and clues don’t come cheap.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Friends matter – tread lightly<\/p>\n hold hands and breathe.<\/p>\n Question, ’cause trust is earned not given.<\/p>\n Know what you risk before you reach<\/p>\n and listen to your gut.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chris<\/p>\n (C) Chris Twyford 9\/2\/2023<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hour 14 9\/2\/2023 “A Moment’s Hope…” Close your eyes and listen – just listen, you CAN hear a heartbeat …cry, even your own. Eyes stare from tenement windows, to the dark – beyond AND within, and Electronic rooms beckon – so filled…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5226,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6196,5735,10,1084],"class_list":["post-137810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","tag-2023-hour-14","tag-chris","tag-poetry","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137810","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\/5226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137810"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144900,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137810\/revisions\/144900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}