{"id":403,"date":"2006-05-29T17:04:27","date_gmt":"2006-05-29T23:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/writing\/1993\/3-31-93-empty\/"},"modified":"2006-05-29T17:04:27","modified_gmt":"2006-05-29T23:04:27","slug":"3-31-93-empty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=403","title":{"rendered":"3-31-93 Empty"},"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=403\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>3\/31\/93<\/p>\n<p><strong>Empty<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A chill crosses my arms<br \/>\nI can feel every hair burning<br \/>\nThe weight eases from my shoulders<br \/>\nAnd I see the space again<\/p>\n<p>Solitude brings the slow smile of strength<br \/>\nI find comfort in the changing face of a growing friend<br \/>\nThe accidental brush of a floral print<br \/>\nThe breath of a stranger<br \/>\nThe call of one I&#8217;ll see sometime<br \/>\nSometime when we stop in the same place<br \/>\nAt the same time<br \/>\nWithout stable anchorage we pass and miss<br \/>\nShips grudgingly lack what we have&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Entering the unknown lonely, not alone<br \/>\nI draw a breath and say a prayer<br \/>\nWillingness not in great supply<br \/>\nI will return perhaps the same<br \/>\nOr with a open hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3\/31\/93 Empty A chill crosses my arms I can feel every hair burning The weight eases from my shoulders And I see the space again Solitude brings the slow smile of strength I find comfort in the changing face of a growing friend The accidental brush of a floral print The breath of a stranger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":395,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PeNcU-6v","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403"}],"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=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}