{"id":412,"date":"2006-05-29T17:13:22","date_gmt":"2006-05-29T23:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/writing\/1993\/10-21-93-beyond\/"},"modified":"2006-05-29T17:13:22","modified_gmt":"2006-05-29T23:13:22","slug":"10-21-93-beyond","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=412","title":{"rendered":"10-21-93 Beyond"},"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=412\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>10\/21\/93<br \/>\n3:30am<br \/>\nNew York<\/p>\n<p><strong> Beyond<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beyond sleep the words rest reclining on a plaid sofa<br \/>\nThe much needed center avoids me now<br \/>\nWithout it those phrases from the dozens of conversations<br \/>\nAre hull-less, without containment<\/p>\n<p>The others see the fire flickering from my soul to tongue<br \/>\nSaying &#8220;write, write, take this energy&#8221;<br \/>\nI remain uninspired for that<\/p>\n<p>To speak I fire on all eight cylinders<br \/>\nTo work the challenge becomes routine<br \/>\nTo love my hands clench and open empty<br \/>\nBathed in balanced light and human warmth<\/p>\n<p>Is the glow so easily tasted by their eyes?<br \/>\nThe well spent feeling of well spent time feeling<br \/>\nA fragile balance makes me feel ten feet tall and bulletproof<br \/>\nYet humble, never knowing what healthy ego looks like<\/p>\n<p>And as I retire for the day I pause<br \/>\nTo look for chinks in the armor&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and give up bored;<\/p>\n<p>Beyond sleep<br \/>\nBeyond the words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10\/21\/93 3:30am New York Beyond Beyond sleep the words rest reclining on a plaid sofa The much needed center avoids me now Without it those phrases from the dozens of conversations Are hull-less, without containment The others see the fire flickering from my soul to tongue Saying &#8220;write, write, take this energy&#8221; I remain uninspired [&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-6E","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/412"}],"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=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/412\/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=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}