We lay now<\/p>\n
Where we once stood,<\/p>\n
Firmly, grounded,<\/p>\n
The pride of our birthright<\/p>\n
Draped upon us like a cape,<\/p>\n
Where we,\u00a0Earth-bound,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Flightless beings,<\/p>\n Desirous of glory,<\/p>\n Waved our banners,<\/p>\n Over every conquered land of our brethren,<\/p>\n As if they were badges of honor,<\/p>\n Erecting the fallacies of man<\/p>\n Over the blood-soaked soil<\/p>\n Of our ancestors.<\/p>\n Where now, layers of concrete, buildings,<\/p>\n Noisy traffic, technology, and paved streets,<\/p>\n Can numb us from our past transgressions,<\/p>\n As we continue the onslaught.<\/p>\n We no longer hear the groans<\/p>\n Of the souls before us.<\/p>\n The screams from the great womb of mother Gaia<\/p>\n as she is defiled.<\/p>\n We don’t remember<\/p>\n Until we are laid to rest<\/p>\n Beside fallen warriors,<\/span><\/p>\n Buried, forgotten,<\/span><\/p>\n Under our vanities<\/p>\n Where we can no longer escape their cries.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We lay now Where we once stood, Firmly, grounded, The pride of our birthright Draped upon us like a cape, Where we,\u00a0Earth-bound,\u00a0 Flightless beings, Desirous of glory, Waved our banners, Over every conquered land of our brethren, As if they were badges of honor, Erecting…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":932,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441,5],"tags":[517,36,127,145],"class_list":["post-20849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses","category-poetry-prompts","tag-ancestors","tag-earth","tag-home-2","tag-land"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20849","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\/932"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20849"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29544,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20849\/revisions\/29544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}