{"id":1467,"date":"2018-03-26T22:31:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T02:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2018-03-26T22:31:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T02:31:42","slug":"the-other-side-of-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/26\/the-other-side-of-me\/","title":{"rendered":"the other side of me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><br \/>\nmomentary eclipse<br \/>\nwith the blackest of suns<br \/>\nand an unholy white moon<br \/>\nwe were<br \/>\nundefined<br \/>\nwined<br \/>\nand dined<br \/>\nunder the stars<br \/>\nwaiting with<br \/>\nfresh memories<br \/>\nand raw emotion<br \/>\nstreaking like urgent lights<br \/>\non a speeding ambulance<br \/>\nfading into the distance<br \/>\nof some unknown call<\/p>\n<p>voices cried out for passion<br \/>\nagainst the loss of<br \/>\ncertain heroes<br \/>\nthat guided us gently<br \/>\nthrough this confusing night<\/p>\n<p>the light is on<br \/>\nbut nobody\u2019s home<br \/>\nand once again<br \/>\nwe are<br \/>\ndriving into the deep<br \/>\nof midnight rides<br \/>\nsleepless and alone<\/p>\n<p>these lines are like<br \/>\nso many gallons of gas<br \/>\nfueling and ready to burn<br \/>\nto another pointless destination<\/p>\n<p>how many times have i said<br \/>\nthere are two sides to this soul<br \/>\nspeaking in conflict<br \/>\nand resolution<br \/>\nall at once<\/p>\n<p>keep it steady<\/p>\n<p>no thought<br \/>\nonly inaction<br \/>\nplease choose<br \/>\nwith mindful intent<br \/>\nthese habits<br \/>\nthat will rule us<\/p>\n<p>how now are we<br \/>\nso foreign<br \/>\nand unquestioning<\/p>\n<p>no touch<br \/>\nand with a word<br \/>\nthe trigger is pulled<br \/>\nthen released in vain<br \/>\nleft with only<br \/>\nvirtual communication<br \/>\nat a distance<br \/>\nand a black and white cat<br \/>\nto comfort me while i write<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/231-the-other-side-of-me.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1469\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/231-the-other-side-of-me-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"231-the-other-side-of-me\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/231-the-other-side-of-me-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/231-the-other-side-of-me-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/231-the-other-side-of-me.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/231-the-other-side-of-me-200x138.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/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-1467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467","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=1467"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1470,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions\/1470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}