{"id":1342,"date":"2018-02-18T15:52:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T20:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2018-02-18T15:52:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T20:52:39","slug":"dont-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/18\/dont-try\/","title":{"rendered":"don&#8217;t try"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>we create these<br \/>\nperfect little illusions<br \/>\nlove happiness a future<br \/>\nbut in the end<br \/>\nthey burn too hot<br \/>\nand leave us<br \/>\nwith nothing but<br \/>\nthe bitter taste<br \/>\nof ash<\/p>\n<p>emotions fade<br \/>\nlike weather-beaten paint<br \/>\non an old home<br \/>\nas we are continually punished<br \/>\nwith totality and inquisition<br \/>\nalone used and discarded<\/p>\n<p>it\u2019s those magical memories<br \/>\nthat\u2019ll kill you<br \/>\nslowly<\/p>\n<p>you can only be tough<br \/>\nfor so long<br \/>\nand then<br \/>\nyou\u2019re too numb to even cry<\/p>\n<p>take my advice<br \/>\ndon\u2019t try<br \/>\nbecause sometimes<br \/>\nit\u2019s better<br \/>\nto be alone<br \/>\nthan to be<br \/>\nhurt again<\/p>\n<p>too many failures will drive a man to madness<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/209-don\u2019t-try.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-escutcheon-logo wp-image-1343\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/209-don\u2019t-try-146x200.jpg\" alt=\"209-dont-try\" width=\"146\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/209-don\u2019t-try-146x200.jpg 146w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/209-don\u2019t-try-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/209-don\u2019t-try.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1344,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions\/1344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}