{"id":729,"date":"2006-11-03T10:51:33","date_gmt":"2006-11-03T16:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/writing\/1991\/4-25-91-road-closed\/"},"modified":"2006-11-03T10:51:33","modified_gmt":"2006-11-03T16:51:33","slug":"4-25-91-road-closed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=729","title":{"rendered":"4-25-91 Road Closed"},"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=729\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>South Egremont,MA<\/p>\n<p>Here I am<br \/>\nBack in the thick of it<br \/>\nTrying to get lost in a place<br \/>\nI know better<br \/>\nthan a musician and his instrument<br \/>\nNotes leading me,rests calling me<br \/>\nI remember being in houses<br \/>\nThe owners are faded denim,cheap beer,<br \/>\nMusty rooms,closed doors;<br \/>\nAll I have now.<\/p>\n<p>Dirt road beckons &#8220;I&#8217;m closed,<br \/>\ndid that ever stop you before?&#8221;<br \/>\nRuts like seams in a bad earthquake movie<br \/>\nRocks,culvert lunging at me<br \/>\nMy hands slack behind the wheel<br \/>\nHoping that the other end of this so called path<br \/>\nLeads to magic,undiscovered places,secret worlds,<br \/>\nThe nearest paved road.<br \/>\n&#8220;No turning back now,<br \/>\nat least I won&#8217;t have to come back this way&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry<br \/>\nI said that?<br \/>\nSuddenly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it.<br \/>\nRoad really closed.<br \/>\nSlowly I turn,inch by inch,<br \/>\nThe path I traveled I must travel again<\/p>\n<p>(I told you so)<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been there,this town,this road,this lesson,this feeling<br \/>\nAnd I will appreciate it<br \/>\nIf the Earth doesn&#8217;t swallow me<br \/>\nLetting go&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m back.<\/p>\n<p>My thoughts clear during this exercise<br \/>\nMy heart strong<br \/>\nOnly action remains<br \/>\nBut once again the road is smooth<br \/>\nRelease the safe ride<br \/>\nFeel some fear and pain<br \/>\nGrow in a way that doesn&#8217;t make you<br \/>\nWant to get lost<br \/>\nOr run away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Egremont,MA Here I am Back in the thick of it Trying to get lost in a place I know better than a musician and his instrument Notes leading me,rests calling me I remember being in houses The owners are faded denim,cheap beer, Musty rooms,closed doors; All I have now. Dirt road beckons &#8220;I&#8217;m closed, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":724,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PeNcU-bL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/729"}],"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=729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/729\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}