{"id":747,"date":"2023-03-29T10:54:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T10:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/?p=747"},"modified":"2023-03-29T10:54:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T10:54:45","slug":"a-cage-of-fragile-bones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/?p=747","title":{"rendered":"A Cage of Fragile Bones"},"content":{"rendered":"

I keep my heart encased inside a cage of fragile bones<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Away from people who build palaces and forget to build homes<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They try to hide the crooked walls with glitter and gemstones<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

No thank you, I will keep my low thatched roof and cobblestones<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Upon my head I place a crown of flowers filled with thorns<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A queen of nothing much, possessed by loneliness and storms<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My thoughts scream across a mindscape that is ravaged and war-torn<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Inside I sit alone and ponder all the things for which I mourn<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A gentle heart, I\u2019ve heard it said, is a gift you can\u2019t refuse<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But my gentle heart has thus far left me battered, burned, and bruised<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So I gathered all the pieces, feeling broken and bemused<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And locked them up inside a cage so they can\u2019t be abused<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The cage I built is guarded by a small sheep in wolf\u2019s clothes<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It bleats and bleeds and warm drops fall on snow and frosted roses<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With trembling voice it threatens anyone who dares get close<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But slowly fades, in the lonesome glow, into a loathsome ghost<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One too many people left who\u2019d said they never would<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They spoke with honeysuckle words, they thought I understood<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That nothing stays forever, it never can and never should<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But my gentle heart overlooked the poison and saw only good<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I keep my heart encased inside a fragile cage, it\u2019s true<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In my eyes swim a thousand shades of faint, cool morning dew<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the darkest corner of my mind a spark ignites, small and new<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Slowly, slowly, I wait for someone to break through<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I keep my heart encased inside a cage of fragile bones\u00a0 Away from people who build palaces and forget to build homes\u00a0 They try to hide the crooked walls with glitter and gemstones\u00a0 No thank you, I will keep my low thatched roof and cobblestones\u00a0 Upon my head I place a crown of flowers filled … Continue reading “A Cage of Fragile Bones”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[39],"class_list":["post-747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-novelettes"],"authors":[{"term_id":39,"user_id":12,"is_guest":0,"slug":"mhamedtaik","display_name":"M'hamed Taik","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/28445226b8a1211c44f492f3339658d94c787b21c55d0212cb481c851c7054f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","avatar_alt":"","avatar_decorative":"","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Taik","first_name":"M'hamed","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":748,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions\/748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=747"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}