{"id":19452,"date":"2016-08-13T12:29:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T16:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=19452"},"modified":"2016-08-16T22:07:31","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T02:07:31","slug":"before-the-darkness-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/before-the-darkness-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Before the Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most luxurious candle<br \/>\nScented with red rose and neroli<br \/>\nhinting of china musk and smoky cedar<\/p>\n<p>Soft and silken to the touch<br \/>\nSwirling designs in sunset colors<br \/>\nSparkles of golden dust<\/p>\n<p>A single cotton wick<br \/>\nBraided to burn and curl<br \/>\nBegging for flame; ready for the dance<\/p>\n<p>In a Turkish brass lantern it lives<br \/>\nIntricate ancient patterns,<br \/>\nilluminate the walls<br \/>\nSpilling onto the mirrored silk and velvet cushions<\/p>\n<p>Intoxicating in it&#8217;s form and function<br \/>\nYou are trapped for hours<br \/>\nFor days<br \/>\nStaring, inhaling, waiting.<\/p>\n<p>Time moves in a different way and dimension here<\/p>\n<p>It happens so slowly<br \/>\nSurreal in it&#8217;s progression<br \/>\nBit by bit it dissipates<br \/>\nDesperate flickers fight and scream<br \/>\nTwist and tango to their death<br \/>\nThe smoke lingers and embers wink<br \/>\nThen there is nothingness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most luxurious candle Scented with red rose and neroli hinting of china musk and smoky cedar Soft and silken to the touch Swirling designs in sunset colors Sparkles of golden dust A single cotton wick Braided to burn and curl Begging for flame; ready&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1356],"class_list":["post-19452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","tag-hour-three"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19452","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\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19452"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29557,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19452\/revisions\/29557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}