{"id":531,"date":"2016-10-07T13:56:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T17:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macphoenix.com\/?p=531"},"modified":"2016-10-07T13:59:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T17:59:30","slug":"stillness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/stillness\/","title":{"rendered":"Stillness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I looked at the doorway<br \/>\nand saw light and dark<br \/>\na pathway between<br \/>\nthe possible and the not <\/p>\n<p>On the other side<br \/>\nrooms infinite  <\/p>\n<p>How could I know<br \/>\nwithout crossing that threshold<br \/>\nAnd within<br \/>\nif I held still<br \/>\nmy world would be the same  <\/p>\n<p>Nothing changed nothing gained  <\/p>\n<p>The doorway held<br \/>\na possible future<br \/>\na probable failure<br \/>\nmost likely a couch or sofa<br \/>\nIn between<br \/>\nthe atoms held<br \/>\na cat alive and dead<br \/>\nNo chance for escape  <\/p>\n<p>Anxiety<br \/>\nTo not or to do<br \/>\nEither way a choice<br \/>\na decision I cannot undo  <\/p>\n<p>The doorway held<br \/>\nboth light and dark<br \/>\nshadow and sun<br \/>\nneither of which could tempt me<br \/>\nThe threshold to<br \/>\nA new way forward<br \/>\nA decision made<br \/>\nA confident step  <\/p>\n<p>Would I move  <\/p>\n<p>A world open to me<br \/>\nMy thoughts are not action<br \/>\nStillness is a choice  <\/p>\n<p>I looked at the doorway<br \/>\nand saw light and dark<br \/>\na choice not made<br \/>\nbetween the possible and the not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I looked at the doorway and saw light and dark a pathway between the possible and the not On the other side rooms infinite How could I know without crossing that threshold And within if I held still my world would be the same Nothing changed nothing gained The doorway held a possible future a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[85,84],"class_list":["post-531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem","tag-pome","tag-richerich"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nj3d-8z","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":616,"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531\/revisions\/616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}