Fear
\nIs a funny
\nCreature.<\/p>\n
It cowers inside It takes up space But Fear Take it out Because Fear Fear Is a funny Creature. It cowers inside Jockeying for position With your heart (racing) And lungs (gasping) And sometimes — oh — With a rude jolt To the bladder. It takes up space Preferably occupied By your hopes (don\u2019t bother) And dreams (don\u2019t dare)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":971,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35585","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\/971"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35611,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35585\/revisions\/35611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nJockeying for position
\nWith your heart
\n(racing)<\/em>
\nAnd lungs
\n(gasping)<\/em>
\nAnd sometimes — oh<\/em> —
\nWith a rude jolt
\nTo the bladder.<\/p>\n
\nPreferably occupied
\nBy your hopes
\n(don\u2019t bother)<\/em>
\nAnd dreams
\n(don\u2019t dare)<\/em>
\nAnd sometimes — ow<\/em> —
\nWith a painful blow
\nTo your ego.<\/p>\n
\nIs just a
\nCreature.<\/p>\n
\nInto the light
\nHold it in your hand
\n(tickle it, see what happens)<\/em>
\nPut it in your pocket
\n(pull it out to frighten the others)<\/em>
\nAnd sometimes — yes<\/em> —
\nLook it in the eye
\nAnd tell it no<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nIs just a
\nCreature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"