{"id":783,"date":"2006-11-03T17:12:58","date_gmt":"2006-11-03T23:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/writing\/1996\/7-20-96-how-to-let-go\/"},"modified":"2006-11-03T17:12:58","modified_gmt":"2006-11-03T23:12:58","slug":"7-20-96-how-to-let-go","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=783","title":{"rendered":"7-20-96 how to let go&#8230;"},"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=783\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Not for lack of focus<br \/>\nNot for seeing something brilliant<br \/>\nJust a settling of damp earth in a shallow trench<br \/>\nThe last spade of which was pitched longer ago<br \/>\nThan I&#8217;m willing to admit<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the irony of the clothed nudity that we share<br \/>\nHas awakened me to let go the cooling handle<br \/>\nOf a door closed<br \/>\nThe slow register of hearing another open<br \/>\nAnd not wanting to walk through<br \/>\nNot now,<br \/>\nMy claims of already left weak and selfish<br \/>\nToo challenged to accept another<br \/>\nToo stubborn to lean against the barn door,<br \/>\nSigh and move on.<\/p>\n<p>I thank you for saving me from myself<br \/>\nYou and the power of the Goddess, gray but true<br \/>\nI already have more than imagined, more than grasped at<br \/>\nThe difference between needed and wanted clear<br \/>\nThat happiness is a creature of the moment, a visitor<br \/>\nNot a room mate or a partner<br \/>\nWith a face I recognize but forget from time to time<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not exempt<br \/>\nJust the other side of the equation<br \/>\nNot less than,<br \/>\nNot more than,<br \/>\nJust the other side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not for lack of focus Not for seeing something brilliant Just a settling of damp earth in a shallow trench The last spade of which was pitched longer ago Than I&#8217;m willing to admit Perhaps the irony of the clothed nudity that we share Has awakened me to let go the cooling handle Of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":770,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PeNcU-cD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/783"}],"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=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/783\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}