Again<\/p>\n
I am reduced to salt water elements
\nExpelled though tightly shut eyes
\nAll of me squeezing against reality
\nNothing changes
\nTime falls away<\/p>\n
At moments
\nI am flooded
\nWith a reckless and irrational hope
\nA belief the impossible could unfold<\/p>\n
It is groundless
\nThe abyss pulls me under
\nAgain<\/p>\n
I long for my saviour
\nMy hero
\nTo break this spell<\/p>\n
I know
\nI won’t be saved
\nI know
\nI don’t need to be
\nI know
\nI am not worth less
\nI know
\nI don’t deserve to be discarded<\/p>\n
Granite days and nights
\nCleave together
\nA chain of grief
\nI carry as I rise<\/p>\n
It breaks my spirit
\nNow
\nChafing rough skin
\nBecoming bloodied and raw<\/p>\n
I know<\/p>\n
I will stand straight
\nMake a shawl of these links
\nAn adornment
\nThat shows my strength<\/p>\n
I can carry it alone
\nI don’t want to
\nBut I will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Again I am reduced to salt water elements Expelled though tightly shut eyes All of me squeezing against reality Nothing changes Time falls away At moments I am flooded With a reckless and irrational hope A belief the impossible could unfold It is groundless The abyss pulls me under Again I long for my saviour […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s755F8-chains","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions\/429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelinthehand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}