{"id":384,"date":"2006-05-29T16:19:45","date_gmt":"2006-05-29T22:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/writing\/5-26-92-love\/"},"modified":"2006-05-29T16:46:20","modified_gmt":"2006-05-29T22:46:20","slug":"5-26-92-love","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=384","title":{"rendered":"5-26-92 Love?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"clear:left; float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-top:10px;;width: 55px;\" name=\"fb_share\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=125029517579627&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=384\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>5\/26\/92<br \/>\nL.A.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Love?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why is it so hard to speak of strong emotions<br \/>\nOf things presented obvious in nature?<br \/>\nWith nature now a foreign, imbalanced equation<br \/>\nAnd myself totally, entirely positive<br \/>\n(of nothing);<br \/>\nYears of selfless training,<br \/>\nTraditions that a family hold quietly overhead<br \/>\nAs if they were proud of their inability.<\/p>\n<p>Ask me not what I feel,I probably have no idea<br \/>\nYet I am not without clues:<br \/>\nLike the most insidious of lies ( which are 99 % true)<br \/>\nIs the most dangerous of truths ( which are 99% true)<br \/>\nSo hard to breathe a honest breath<br \/>\nWithout tasting the chalky metallic taint charred in our memories&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I so wanted this to be a declaration of love<br \/>\nWitty,floral,crashing with truth<br \/>\nHow could it when the ears that hear it<br \/>\nChafe with fear like the lips that speak it<br \/>\nWith both sets of senses knowing<br \/>\nThat one touch could push away&#8230;<br \/>\nWith the intimate always comes oblivion<br \/>\nAre we too good for this or not good enough?<\/p>\n<p>What I think of as love holds you<br \/>\nCaresses and releases you  without fear of abandonment<br \/>\nWorries and prays when you enter the unknown<br \/>\nWatches and smiles as you return and grow<br \/>\nNothing gives me more joy than letting go.<\/p>\n<p>Anything more I share would billow with paradox<br \/>\nFor every offering ,a weight on the balance<br \/>\nNo more need be or will be said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5\/26\/92 L.A. Love? Why is it so hard to speak of strong emotions Of things presented obvious in nature? With nature now a foreign, imbalanced equation And myself totally, entirely positive (of nothing); Years of selfless training, Traditions that a family hold quietly overhead As if they were proud of their inability. Ask me not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":394,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PeNcU-6c","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/384\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}