{"id":758,"date":"2015-11-14T01:11:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T00:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w7m.3ee.myftpupload.com\/?p=758"},"modified":"2015-11-01T03:12:24","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T02:12:24","slug":"starting-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/?p=758","title":{"rendered":"Starting Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is everything starting over?<br \/>\nThe waves never stop crescendos,<br \/>\nthe wind its constant howling,<br \/>\nspring promises a better summer,<br \/>\nand lovers in their sleep<br \/>\ntake a vow,<br \/>\nthere\u2019ll be no other,<br \/>\nexcept the dream<br \/>\nthat conjures up a stranger.<br \/>\nI write a poem in mortal fear,<br \/>\nis this the last one I\u2019ll ever do,<br \/>\nbecause nothing I have said<br \/>\nsays it all,<br \/>\nor can be said much better?<\/p>\n<p>Would I like to live life again?<br \/>\nI think no.<br \/>\nSome tears should not be<br \/>\ntwice shed,<br \/>\ntwice can break the heart in two.<br \/>\nAnd some loves<br \/>\nimperfect as they were,<br \/>\ncould never be so beautiful again,<br \/>\nwarts and all.<br \/>\nFriendships that pass<br \/>\nwould not be better,<br \/>\nwhen they arrive<br \/>\nto where they\u2019re headed,<br \/>\nlet them go.<\/p>\n<p>I have a hunch that nothing ends<br \/>\nbehind closed doors,<br \/>\nand things are simply deja vu,<br \/>\nready to be lived again,<br \/>\nwhen time starts over,<br \/>\nand we wonder,<br \/>\nhave I lived before?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is everything starting over? The waves never stop crescendos, the wind its constant howling, spring promises a better summer, and lovers in their sleep take&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/?p=758\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Starting Over<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-index-of-all-poems","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4359,"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions\/4359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theodorewaterfield.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}