{"id":516,"date":"2012-03-26T12:59:35","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T16:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/?p=516"},"modified":"2012-03-26T13:00:11","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T17:00:11","slug":"bright-adolescent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/2012\/03\/26\/bright-adolescent\/","title":{"rendered":"BRIGHT ADOLESCENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/tag\/isiah\/\">ISIAH<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>To the bright adolescent, the expectations rise<br \/>\nfor he shows his true self when he holds back no lies.<br \/>\nHe\u2019s looking for affection and acceptance of those close to him,<br \/>\nand only gets complaints due to successes before.<br \/>\nHis heart is torn from the bruises and sores,<br \/>\nbut everyone thinks he\u2019s fine because<br \/>\nhe has a key to open any door, but he can\u2019t open up any door,<br \/>\neven though he\u2019s a problem-solver, he can\u2019t decode his own mystery,<br \/>\nwhen he thinks he has the answer, it still goes on like infinity.<br \/>\nSure, every human can function with just basic needs \u2013<br \/>\ndrink, eat, sleep, is that all I need?<br \/>\nBut he needs something more,<br \/>\nsomething to cry for, something to ball up in your fist<br \/>\nand die for, something that makes us lust for more.<br \/>\nWhen everyone is telling you what you should do,<br \/>\nyou forget your own options. He wonders<br \/>\nif it\u2019s possible to handle all the stress this is causing.<br \/>\nHis vision is blurry.<br \/>\nHe has no glasses just so he can see clearly<br \/>\nbetween what he loves and what he holds dearly,<br \/>\nso his eyes start to water and he feels so sad,<br \/>\nthinking it\u2019s pathetic to even think like that.<br \/>\nSo he tries a new strategy,<br \/>\ninstead of going fast, he decides to go steady,<br \/>\nnot worrying about the future, just about what he has already,<br \/>\nand it ends up fine because everything\u2019s working for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/tag\/isiah\/\">ISIAH<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>To the bright adolescent, the expectations rise<br \/> for he shows his true self when he holds back no lies.<br \/> He\u2019s looking for affection and acceptance of those close to him,<br \/> and only gets complaints due to successes before.<br \/> His heart is torn from the bruises and sores,<br \/> [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":624,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[315],"tags":[79494],"coauthors":[79475],"class_list":["post-516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-isiah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/624"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":518,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions\/518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/exclusiveink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}