{"id":1018,"date":"2015-09-04T20:11:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T19:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/povojournal\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2015-09-04T20:11:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T19:11:13","slug":"painful-love-cries-of-loneliness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/painful-love-cries-of-loneliness\/","title":{"rendered":"Painful Love \/ Cries of loneliness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Even surrounded by life<br>Loneliness gropes at my throat<br>I can&#8217;t breathe because of the heavy emotion that seats very audibly<br>at the pit of my chest<br>I&#8217;m barely hanging on for my own life<br>The syndrome that causes a manufacture of sad thoughts<br>Unhapiness dancing at the tip of my throat,<br>Manifesting itself in the depths of my opticals<br>Leaving evidence flowing carelessly on the rough surface of my cheeks.<br>What is this? This desire for the one I love?<br>Who put it there in the core of my being<br>Who grafted it into the life of my skin,<br>Sunk it into the juices of my bones?<br>Who lay it like a centerfold right across my face?<br>Like a burden that weighs on my heart<br>Why is it there if I can&#8217;t enjoy it<br>Why waste the yoouthful years where love could be dancing around us<br>Waking and laying with us<br>What makes it difficult to explore the hidden corners of this feeling<br>To share eevery moment<br>To breathe the same air<br>To love the same God<br>To fight the same fight<br>To win the same battle<br>To live the same purpose.<br>Who grafted it into me<br>If not the God that gives good things<br>Why has this beautiful feeling been tainted,<br>Why does it feel like a taunt<br>Like an activated grenade<br>Love is meant to be lived<br>Not to be running down my\u00a0 cheeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even surrounded by lifeLoneliness gropes at my throatI can&#8217;t breathe because of the heavy emotion that seats very audiblyat the pit of my chestI&#8217;m barely hanging on for my own lifeThe syndrome that causes a manufacture of sad thoughtsUnhapiness dancing at the tip of my throat,Manifesting itself in the depths of my opticalsLeaving evidence flowing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-poetry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - 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