{"id":87798,"date":"2021-06-26T09:29:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T13:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=87798"},"modified":"2021-06-26T09:29:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T13:29:27","slug":"when-the-thing-is-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/when-the-thing-is-done\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Thing is Done"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the end justifies the means,<\/p>\n<p>When all things known are not all things seen,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Enthusiasm wanes<\/p>\n<p>Adrenaline drains,<\/p>\n<p>Where did anticipation go?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unanswered, lies, what is between,<\/p>\n<p>that colossal start<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and failure,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>finite.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>but, here at end,<\/p>\n<p>worn, emptied,<\/p>\n<p>spilled<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>an infinitesimal twinkle,<\/p>\n<p>a spark of truth<\/p>\n<p>asserts itself<\/p>\n<p>above expectations&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Was all for naught?<\/p>\n<p>Stirring the embers of what might yet be<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;and lights tomorrow\u2019s hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the end justifies the means, When all things known are not all things seen, &nbsp; Enthusiasm wanes Adrenaline drains, Where did anticipation go? &nbsp; Unanswered, lies, what is between, that colossal start &nbsp; and failure, &nbsp; finite. &nbsp; but, here at end, worn, emptied,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87798","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\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87818,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87798\/revisions\/87818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}