{"id":984,"date":"2015-08-03T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T18:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/povojournal\/?p=984"},"modified":"2015-08-03T19:57:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T18:57:00","slug":"jilted-wilted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/jilted-wilted\/","title":{"rendered":"Jilted, Wilted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What have I done wrong in this here life?<br>Jilted, tilted, wilted before my time<br>Dumped, dragged with shame in flames<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No call; no scream; just in waiting and equating\u2026<br>To laugh and cry in isolation<br>Punishment of the highest order<br>Imprisoned with no crime<br>Guilty?\u2026 before the jury decides<br>I\u2019m innocent!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If family do not know you, what makes you think, tick, kick, be slick and nick!<br>They are not going to care or bare, tare or dare<br>He are not going to care for a rare mare<br>Pack and go; Drift and stay<br>Which is it?\u2026Confused?\u2026on the borderline you are!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like a hungry stomach you churn not knowing when you will eat<br>No bounce or ounce ready to pounce<br>What is it you want?&nbsp; Why cannot a man be involved with you and evolve<br>Not get too suspicious or malicious about intentions<br>Just enjoy the date without relation, elation or correlation<br>Analysing, tantalising everything\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regret? Lament?<br>Elation builds with trust confined<br>Hear the plea in desperation<br>Fear not in serenity, there is a remedy\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A gentle-man will be\u2026<br>In these tropics, a blessed soul to worship you<br>Sure as the sun shall rise on bended knee he will need<br>Groom of doom; Bloomed and pruned<br>Stability with control; Patience with grace<br>Waiting in worth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a man who treats you well; Rings you if I can tell<br>Makes you feel special \u2026intentionally?\u2026who knows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You do not have to run around like a mongoose<br>Lose your cool like a goose feel trapped like a mousse ready for the kill<br>Like the old fella! What a killa\u2026? You learn to think! Quick!<br>Why men cannot work you out\u2026 like a trout?<br>See how nice guys always finish last? It is a must!<br>There is no need to say much,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When things are right, they are tight!<br>Why bother the dead? When they are resting, nesting, questing for heaven\u2019s door,<br>Forever on that hurdle;<br>To seize the moment you do not want to<br>I guess I will never know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What have I done wrong in this here life?Jilted, tilted, wilted before my timeDumped, dragged with shame in flames No call; no scream; just in waiting and equating\u2026To laugh and cry in isolationPunishment of the highest orderImprisoned with no crimeGuilty?\u2026 before the jury decidesI\u2019m innocent!! If family do not know you, what makes you think, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":264,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-984","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jilted, Wilted - The POVO Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/jilted-wilted\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jilted, Wilted - The POVO Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What have I done wrong in this here life?Jilted, tilted, wilted before my timeDumped, dragged with shame in flames No call; no scream; just in waiting and equating\u2026To laugh and cry in isolationPunishment of the highest orderImprisoned with no crimeGuilty?\u2026 before the jury decidesI\u2019m innocent!! 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