{"id":99481,"date":"2021-06-27T00:38:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T04:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=99481"},"modified":"2021-06-27T00:38:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T04:38:49","slug":"i-can-hear-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/i-can-hear-you\/","title":{"rendered":"I Can Hear You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sounds so muffled for so long<br \/>\nAre now becoming clearer<br \/>\nDistant voices unheard before<br \/>\nEcho coming nearer<\/p>\n<p>I hear the sound but have no sight<br \/>\nNo voice no movement can I make<br \/>\nMy breath does not come on its own<br \/>\nThese breathy sounds are naught but fake<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve tried three times I hear them say<br \/>\nYou must decide what must be done<br \/>\nHer brain is gone as is her soul<br \/>\nHer battle now can not be won<\/p>\n<p>This strangling thing that\u2019s in my throat<br \/>\nPrevents my voice from crying out<br \/>\nDo not remove this vent just yet<br \/>\nI am still here, please don\u2019t forget<\/p>\n<p>It will be done just as you ask<br \/>\nTomorrow \u2018morn before first shift<br \/>\nShe\u2019ll go to sleep she\u2019ll feel no pain<br \/>\nShe\u2019ll be adrift before the rain<\/p>\n<p>Before the bell rings in the day<br \/>\nI knew my time would come<br \/>\nAt dawns first brilliant shining light<br \/>\nMy doomsday bell was rung<\/p>\n<p>She did not die they all proclaimed<br \/>\nThe pastor slipped away<br \/>\nAnd with a fright they all did start<br \/>\nto hear me suddenly say, \u00a0I could hear you every day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sounds so muffled for so long Are now becoming clearer Distant voices unheard before Echo coming nearer I hear the sound but have no sight No voice no movement can I make My breath does not come on its own These breathy sounds are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99481","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\/795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99517,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99481\/revisions\/99517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}