{"id":306,"date":"2019-07-09T15:52:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T14:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johntownshend.com\/wordpress\/?p=306"},"modified":"2019-07-09T15:52:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T14:52:18","slug":"untitled-75233194-285714","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/untitled-75233194-285714\/","title":{"rendered":"Untitled #05273194.285714"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting by the lake. You are by my side. Looking at the cotton sky mirrored in the fisherman&#8217;s playground; a thought enters my head. I turn to you to whisper my idea but you are not there.<\/p>\n<p>I watch the grass grow at the side of my blanket. Bees and flies pass by; secure in the summer&#8217;s plentiful bounty. I can&#8217;t help but feel powerless. Possibilities number too many and decisions too far away.<\/p>\n<p>A cold breeze blows so I pack up my things. Leaving all as it was. If I could get you here would you even share this pleasure that hits my chest. Short and sharp, painful like a spasm, yet warm and reassuring. I feel better.<\/p>\n<p>I thought I heard your voice but it is just a bird alarmed that I am nearby. Walking on the way back I see a kaleidoscope of colour on the graffiti mural on the side of the shop. I am steps away from you and my heart begins to pound.<\/p>\n<p>Key in the door and the room lights up. Cat greetings with a purr and demand for food. Although just a roof over my head; the place smells of comfort. This is your welcome and I am back inside you once more. I am home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting by the lake. You are by my side. Looking at the cotton sky mirrored in the fisherman&#8217;s playground; a thought enters my head. I turn to you to whisper my idea but you are not there. I watch the grass grow at the side of my blanket. Bees and flies pass by; secure in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/untitled-75233194-285714\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Untitled #05273194.285714<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","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-306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}