{"id":99748,"date":"2021-06-27T01:25:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T05:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=99748"},"modified":"2021-06-27T01:25:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T05:25:07","slug":"books-were-safer-than-other-people-anyway-neil-gaiman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/books-were-safer-than-other-people-anyway-neil-gaiman\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBooks were safer than other people anyway.\u201d  \u2013 Neil Gaiman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They told stories<br \/>\nThat lived in the minds<br \/>\nOf those who told them.<br \/>\nTheir pages laden with details<br \/>\nOf love stories and broken hearts<br \/>\nOf mysteries<br \/>\nAnd works of art<br \/>\nOf music<br \/>\nAnd sing alongs<br \/>\nOf intricate things<br \/>\nThat sometimes<br \/>\nMade no sense<br \/>\nYet still belonged.<br \/>\nFrom front to back<br \/>\nThe spine held stories<br \/>\nLong ago left behind.<br \/>\nBut not mine.<br \/>\nFor mine was one of struggle<br \/>\nAnd triumph<br \/>\nThat carried its own weight.<br \/>\nA fresh and intentional perspective<br \/>\nA story told<br \/>\nOn a leap of faith.<br \/>\nToday it\u2019s a story that deserves<br \/>\nTo be heard.<br \/>\nA story that seems so incredible once it\u2019s heard.<br \/>\nBut the scars<br \/>\nprove it\u2019s a validity<br \/>\nNo need to remain hurt.<br \/>\nForgiveness is the key<br \/>\nAnd understanding<br \/>\nWhat it\u2019s worth.<br \/>\nNo matter what you believe&#8230;<br \/>\nGod comes first.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They told stories That lived in the minds Of those who told them. Their pages laden with details Of love stories and broken hearts Of mysteries And works of art Of music And sing alongs Of intricate things That sometimes Made no sense Yet still&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3705,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99748","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\/3705"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99819,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99748\/revisions\/99819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}