As I travel through life<\/p>\n
On a ~twisting~churning~<\/p>\n
~Winding~road<\/p>\n
I remember…<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I remember love most of all.<\/p>\n (Security) and ((Warmth))<\/p>\n I believe I’ve always been loved<\/p>\n By almost<\/em> everyone…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I remember pain.<\/em><\/p>\n For what childhood is without it?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I remember being alone<\/em>…<\/p>\n Cast off and ignored sometimes.<\/p>\n It never really bothered me.<\/p>\n (I created my own world…)<\/em><\/p>\n I could find a million things to do<\/p>\n (((All By Myself)))<\/em><\/p>\n Whenever I had to~<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ~And I began to prefer it.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I created a thick shell for myself<\/p>\n And I was happy. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I remember when I first looked<\/p>\n Through<\/p>\n ~and saw You…<\/p>\n Then you saw me!<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n You pursued me~<\/p>\n ~And slowly but surely<\/p>\n You chipped away at my shell…<\/p>\n I found refuge and comfort in you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ~Confidence~<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n and My<\/strong> Self.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As I travel through life On a ~twisting~churning~ ~Winding~road I remember… I remember love most of all. (Security) and ((Warmth)) I believe I’ve always been loved By almost everyone… I remember pain. For what childhood is without it? I remember being alone……<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":241,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49843","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\/241"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49843"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55876,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49843\/revisions\/55876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}a small hole<\/strong><\/h6>\n