{"id":90084,"date":"2021-06-26T12:01:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T16:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=90084"},"modified":"2021-06-26T14:00:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T18:00:49","slug":"hour-3-prompt-1-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/hour-3-prompt-1-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 3, Prompt 1: Worth It"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am playing hot potato again<\/span><\/p>\n

turning my histories<\/span><\/p>\n

over between veiny hands<\/span><\/p>\n

always desiring\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

something more delicious<\/span><\/p>\n

and burning through a forest<\/span><\/p>\n

of tastebuds,<\/span><\/p>\n

old journals, and bridges\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

that used to lead to familiar places<\/span><\/p>\n

But, if it was easy, would it be an adventure?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Often<\/span><\/p>\n

I have been a coarse red brick<\/span><\/p>\n

Like the one my grandmother heaved<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Of the family car<\/span><\/p>\n

And when my ex caught me\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Baring my teeth and banging<\/span><\/p>\n

My head against a kitchen cabinet<\/span><\/p>\n

I wanted instead to turn to dust<\/span><\/p>\n

But, if it was easy, would it be as much of a lesson?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Perpetually\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

defiant of my own density<\/span><\/p>\n

in body and mind, I rebel\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and when I am sluggish\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I set my sights on greater altitudes<\/span><\/p>\n

refusing to be limited by heat and the<\/span><\/p>\n

melting of my wings as I make yet another attempt<\/span><\/p>\n

At proving how far I can climb<\/span><\/p>\n

to again throw myself into the searing sun<\/span><\/p>\n

But, if it was easy, would it be as much fun?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

All of this\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

is merely the brief shadow\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

of a thing in motion<\/span><\/p>\n

and from a distance<\/span><\/p>\n

my bumbling and missteps<\/span><\/p>\n

are forgotten by all but me<\/span><\/p>\n

and when I look back at myself\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

through the telescope of infinitely loving eyes<\/span><\/p>\n

all I can see is a star eager to expand<\/span><\/p>\n

And if it was easy, it wouldn\u2019t be worth it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am playing hot potato again turning my histories over between veiny hands always desiring\u00a0 something more delicious and burning through a forest of tastebuds, old journals, and bridges\u00a0 that used to lead to familiar places But, if it was easy, would it be an…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90084","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\/1292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90098,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90084\/revisions\/90098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}