{"id":96179,"date":"2021-06-26T19:18:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T23:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=96179"},"modified":"2021-06-26T19:18:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T23:18:58","slug":"mercy-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/mercy-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

I do not need your mercy\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For you do not hold the power\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To release or bind me\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I hold the means<\/span><\/p>\n

And <\/span><\/p>\n

I have long since<\/span><\/p>\n

Opened the cage\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Buried the keys\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Beneath the cherry tree<\/span><\/p>\n

Where they have grown fruit<\/span><\/p>\n

Sweet as first kisses<\/span><\/p>\n

Sharp as outgrown love<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

At each harvest<\/span><\/p>\n

Each barren season<\/span><\/p>\n

I have forgiven myself<\/span><\/p>\n

The dignity and foolishness<\/span><\/p>\n

Of my human\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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

To wholeness\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I do not need your mercy\u00a0 For you do not hold the power\u00a0 To release or bind me\u00a0 I hold the means And I have long since Opened the cage\u00a0 And\u00a0 Buried the keys\u00a0 Beneath the cherry tree Where they have grown fruit Sweet as…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1234,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96179","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\/1234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96215,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96179\/revisions\/96215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}