{"id":27171,"date":"2016-08-14T03:59:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T07:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=27171"},"modified":"2016-08-14T03:59:49","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T07:59:49","slug":"i-used-to-once-know-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/i-used-to-once-know-10\/","title":{"rendered":"I used to once know #10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No words can ever convey<\/p>\n<p>how exquisitely happy I am.<\/p>\n<p>No words can ever convey<\/p>\n<p>the gratitude that bursts from my heart<\/p>\n<p>trying to crawl its way back to you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nervousness and anxiety<\/p>\n<p>perpetually wedged within me<\/p>\n<p>was only repressed by you.<\/p>\n<p>Like a surgeon operating on a patient<\/p>\n<p>It was you who soothed the rhythmic pounding in my head.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You trained my eyes to watch out for the smallest details<\/p>\n<p>details that would always bring joy.<\/p>\n<p>Liking taking a blindfold of<\/p>\n<p>I could finally see.<\/p>\n<p>Finally breathe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Heat prickled my toes,<\/p>\n<p>wind ruffled my hair,<\/p>\n<p>I was no longer isolated.<\/p>\n<p>Alone and afraid.<\/p>\n<p>Rather your lullabies (that were almost soporific) cradled me like a child.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If only I could tell you this<\/p>\n<p>but<\/p>\n<p>because in lending me your eyes,<\/p>\n<p><strong>you went blind.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In lending me your ears,<\/p>\n<p><strong>you went deaf<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>and now all that left, is a shell of who, I used to once know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Only a shell.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No words can ever convey how exquisitely happy I am. No words can ever convey the gratitude that bursts from my heart trying to crawl its way back to you. &nbsp; Nervousness and anxiety perpetually wedged within me was only repressed by you. Like a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27171","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\/729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27236,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27171\/revisions\/27236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}