Falling awake<\/p>\n
to the sound of dappling on the window.<\/p>\n
Tired eyes\u00a0peeling open,<\/p>\n
expecting the sun’s warm glow,<\/p>\n
only to a glimmer of surface light.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Confusion develops<\/p>\n
as you begin to stretch.<\/p>\n
Certainty sinks in<\/p>\n
as you gasp for a breath.<\/p>\n
You have to swim with all of your might.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Plunging toward the surface,<\/p>\n you imagine dying here.<\/p>\n The cold water piercing<\/p>\n your skin and your fear.<\/p>\n The surface closer gleaming.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A sudden burst of air,<\/p>\n you inhale to sheer surprise.<\/p>\n Wiping your face,<\/p>\n you cannot believe your eyes.<\/p>\n Had you been dreaming?<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Falling awake<\/p>\n to the sound of dappling on the window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Falling awake to the sound of dappling on the window. Tired eyes\u00a0peeling open, expecting the sun’s warm glow, only to a glimmer of surface light. Confusion develops as you begin to stretch. Certainty sinks in as you gasp for a breath. You have to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":627,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-miscellaneous","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6794","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\/627"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6794"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6940,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6794\/revisions\/6940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}