{"id":48295,"date":"2019-06-22T12:11:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T16:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=48295"},"modified":"2020-06-28T18:58:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T22:58:13","slug":"walk-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/walk-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk Through"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><a href=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/autumnsonlyone\/fifth-hour\/\">Fifth Hour<\/a><\/pre>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Walk Through<\/h2>\n<p>What was once my refuge,<br \/>\nmy comfort, and my home.<br \/>\nleaves a chill in the air,<br \/>\nNow I live alone.<\/p>\n<p>Used to be where children&#8217;s laughter<br \/>\nand made-up songs filled the air,<br \/>\nnow, it&#8217;s a sobering reminder<br \/>\nthat I am the only one there.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no longer friendly at night,<br \/>\nI miss the broken doorbell&#8217;s ding dong!<br \/>\nand the water balloon fights,<br \/>\nthe Sesame Street sing-a-longs<br \/>\nand mail-ordered butterflies<br \/>\ntaking their very first flight.<\/p>\n<p>Everyday I smell a mix of stagnant water<br \/>\nand floral perfume.<br \/>\nMy house is not my castle,<br \/>\njust an overcrowded room,<br \/>\nwith a conglomerate of stuff,<br \/>\nI would never get through.<br \/>\nBut, enough is enough!<br \/>\nIt is time I tell myself the truth&#8230;<br \/>\nIt is time to find a new home&#8230;<br \/>\nIt is time to move!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>City of Compton, CA 90222<br \/>\nJune 22, 2019@12:11<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifth Hour Walk Through What was once my refuge, my comfort, and my home. leaves a chill in the air, Now I live alone. Used to be where children&#8217;s laughter and made-up songs filled the air, now, it&#8217;s a sobering reminder that I am the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1186,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,2114,1136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-official-marathon-announcement","category-official-marathon-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48295","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\/1186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48295"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59658,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48295\/revisions\/59658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}