{"id":837,"date":"2023-08-21T06:31:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T10:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/?p=837"},"modified":"2023-08-21T06:31:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T10:31:48","slug":"when-we-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/?p=837","title":{"rendered":"when we speak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">when we speak we\nplant seeds flow from\nsounds ideas drawn into\na pool inside a web of words\ndo you can you say you reach\nupright into flowering hope\nup above lifting eyes to\nmeet an emerald sky\nlighting up an internal\nheaven overhead or\nare you dragged\ndown by sticky\ntar tendrils\ndraining\nlife\nforce\ndragged\ndown beneath\nthe crust of dis-\nappointment dis-\nillusionment dis-\nconnection along\nan electrical shock\noverwhelmed by\nthe tidal flow of\ndowntrodden\ncognitive wavelets\nflowing flowing internal\nemptying out into a darker\nnight what was day before\nyou disgorged your hollow\ninternalizations of self pity\nonto sensitive organs\nprimed to bloom\nwhat seeds fall\nupon warm\nsoil unknowing\nfruits green and hard\nmight mature into soft\nripe tambourines shaking\nringing ringing an absent\nsong of peace and what\nmight have been a\nweighted groan of\nborne burdens\nbecomes instead\nan exhalation striped\nby day's bright promise\nand a nod with a hidden\nembrace for what\nyou brought that\ni couldn't myself\nbring today\nand with\nthose words\ntomorrow tomorrow\nmight myself bring to you.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>August 21, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>when we speak we plant seeds flow from sounds ideas&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/?p=837\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">when we speak<\/span> <i class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[44,2],"class_list":["post-837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-44","tag-poetry","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}