{"id":88281,"date":"2021-06-26T10:03:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T14:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=88281"},"modified":"2021-06-26T10:20:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T14:20:11","slug":"endings-without-goodbyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/endings-without-goodbyes\/","title":{"rendered":"01 – Endings without Goodbyes\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

What can you do when there is no farewell?<\/span><\/p>\n

The opportunity lost, slipped away with the\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hustle and bustle and musts<\/span><\/p>\n

A final box packed and placed on the truck<\/span><\/p>\n

And then on to the next<\/span><\/p>\n

But the past not forgot<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Within the walls, childhoods lost<\/span><\/p>\n

Echoes of laughter and tears<\/span><\/p>\n

A sister and brother playing and fighting<\/span><\/p>\n

And really aren\u2019t those the same?<\/span><\/p>\n

A family bled dry, on the brink of ruin<\/span><\/p>\n

Searching for a way to stay whole<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And so on to the next, they say<\/span><\/p>\n

We need a fresh start<\/span><\/p>\n

And to a new state we are headed<\/span><\/p>\n

They hand over the keys and<\/span><\/p>\n

It happens so fast<\/span><\/p>\n

An old friend left in the dust<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

What do you do when you miss it so much?<\/span><\/p>\n

The warmth of the wood and the light filtering in<\/span><\/p>\n

Through the living room window<\/span><\/p>\n

Inviting and familiar and safe<\/span><\/p>\n

Where you rocked and rolled<\/span><\/p>\n

To your first earthquake in 1992<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And the yard in the back with your peach tree\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bushes of rosemary and rose<\/span><\/p>\n

And expanse of grass where there used to be play<\/span><\/p>\n

Where you\u2019d run wildly screaming and giggling<\/span><\/p>\n

Or play in a pool set up for the summer<\/span><\/p>\n

Pick up thorns in your feet along the way<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You visit this place in your memories or dreams<\/span><\/p>\n

And maybe even sometimes drive by<\/span><\/p>\n

Know in your heart the feelings are real<\/span><\/p>\n

Frozen in time somewhere and somehow<\/span><\/p>\n

And perhaps your never said goodbye<\/span><\/p>\n

Because this home still lives in your heart<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What can you do when there is no farewell? The opportunity lost, slipped away with the\u00a0 Hustle and bustle and musts A final box packed and placed on the truck And then on to the next But the past not forgot   Within the walls,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[684,1226,803],"class_list":["post-88281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","tag-childhood","tag-endings","tag-moving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88281","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\/2288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88281"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88649,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88281\/revisions\/88649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}