{"id":1893,"date":"2000-11-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2000-11-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2020-07-24T22:49:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T02:49:15","slug":"poem-hazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=1893","title":{"rendered":"[Poem] Hazy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, there&#8217;s a fog in my mind<br \/>\ncould be a lot of things<br \/>\ncan&#8217;t seem to find my way through it<br \/>\nno lights to speak of. <\/p>\n<p>Today, there&#8217;s a dull ache floating behind my eyes<br \/>\nthe aspirin refuses to kick in<br \/>\nwonder why I don&#8217;t feel bad for making myself<br \/>\nretarded last night. <\/p>\n<p>Now, there&#8217;s fewer questions in my mind<br \/>\nat least the ones that I can see<br \/>\nthat should lift weight off my shoulders<br \/>\nbut I crave a fix. <\/p>\n<p>Last night, the Game returned to me<br \/>\nI should feel terrified and angry<br \/>\nI only feel sad and resigned<br \/>\nI hate winning sometimes. <\/p>\n<p>Welcome home, bitterness.<br \/>\nWelcome home, sadness.<br \/>\nWelcome home, loneliness.<br \/>\nWelcome home, spite. <\/p>\n<p>Now, I am more than I ever was before<br \/>\nI am more aware of myself<br \/>\nMy boundaries are pushed, my limits re-defined<br \/>\nI am reborn once again. <\/p>\n<p>Soon, those that include me in their world<br \/>\nwill notice and question<br \/>\nWhy do you sneer at the world<br \/>\nWhy do you snap at us so often? <\/p>\n<p>When they ask, I will answer with honesty<br \/>\nI am disappointed again<br \/>\nI feel shallow, hollow, and flat.<br \/>\nI feel cold inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, there&#8217;s a fog in my mind could be a lot of things can&#8217;t seem to find my way through it no lights to speak of. Today, there&#8217;s a dull ache floating behind my eyes the aspirin refuses to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=1893\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[34,35,15],"class_list":["post-1893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-livejournal","tag-poetry","tag-writery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paQnES-ux","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5004,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions\/5004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}