{"id":13111,"date":"2024-05-11T21:02:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T21:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=13111"},"modified":"2024-05-11T21:03:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T21:03:32","slug":"stunted-another-sad-love-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=13111","title":{"rendered":"STUNTED-Another Sad Love Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/280938865_10158367988507038_1406527435468966930_n.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"13112\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?attachment_id=13112\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/280938865_10158367988507038_1406527435468966930_n.jpg?fit=750%2C1000\" data-orig-size=\"750,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"280938865_10158367988507038_1406527435468966930_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/280938865_10158367988507038_1406527435468966930_n.jpg?fit=225%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/280938865_10158367988507038_1406527435468966930_n.jpg?fit=604%2C805\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13112 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/280938865_10158367988507038_1406527435468966930_n.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/280938865_10158367988507038_1406527435468966930_n.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/280938865_10158367988507038_1406527435468966930_n.jpg?w=750 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another sad love song. Poem. My only solace is churning heartache into art.<\/p>\n<p><strong>STUNTED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whispers of us<br \/>\nlinger in the ether\u2014<br \/>\nsilence is an answer,<br \/>\nand I am listening.<\/p>\n<p>With all that is no more,<br \/>\nand all that waits to be,<br \/>\nleaning into your absence<br \/>\nelicits song but no reply.<\/p>\n<p>How present you are in the hollow<br \/>\nof my palm, in the turquoise it cradles,<br \/>\na futile talisman to bridge the chasm,<br \/>\nto resurrect the calm before our quarrels.<\/p>\n<p>Starved of forests, lacking in trees,<br \/>\nin branches where secrets unfold,<br \/>\nbereft of mountains,<br \/>\nwe ceased climbing, ceased soaring.<\/p>\n<p>We remained grounded<br \/>\nwithin the confines of four walls\u2014<br \/>\nour love gasped for light,<br \/>\nreached for expanses it never found.<\/p>\n<p>Through a breach I glimpse the cedar\u2019s<br \/>\ngrandeur, its tremendous shadow cast long,<br \/>\na tender embrace that allows<br \/>\nmy love for you, your love for me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Another sad love song. Poem. My only solace is churning heartache into art. STUNTED Whispers of us linger in the ether\u2014 silence is an answer, and I am listening. With all that is no more, and all that waits to be, leaning into your absence elicits song [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13111"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13111"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13119,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13111\/revisions\/13119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}