{"id":140543,"date":"2023-09-03T03:13:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T07:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=140543"},"modified":"2023-09-03T03:14:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T07:14:59","slug":"tough-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/tough-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Tough Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Hour 18<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Holding on to what\u2019s left of me<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not that easy<\/p>\n<p>Slipping memory<\/p>\n<p>Changing personality<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I move from place to place<\/p>\n<p>Expecting to find solace<\/p>\n<p>Always seeking a new face<\/p>\n<p>I can hold in my embrace<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Echoes of my past in my ears ringing<\/p>\n<p>Assign too much meaning<\/p>\n<p>Find my world spinning<\/p>\n<p>Demons winning<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Light shines from the unexpected<\/p>\n<p>Feeling blessed, protected<\/p>\n<p>Negative trajectory redirected<\/p>\n<p>Positively affected<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dealing with my choices<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hour 18 Holding on to what\u2019s left of me It\u2019s not that easy Slipping memory Changing personality &nbsp; I move from place to place Expecting to find solace Always seeking a new face I can hold in my embrace &nbsp; Echoes of my past in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1399,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140543","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\/1399"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140543"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140571,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140543\/revisions\/140571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}