{"id":3685,"date":"2025-02-10T16:35:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T00:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=3685"},"modified":"2025-02-10T16:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T00:35:45","slug":"babys-breath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2025\/02\/10\/babys-breath\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby’s Breath"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Baby\u2019s Breath<\/strong><\/p>\n

You Rise,
\nhours before
\nthe Sun,<\/p>\n

Desperate to spend Them
\nImploring
\nThe Being that
\nLit your Being,<\/p>\n

to Rescue You
\nfrom The Black Hole
\nof Self-Accusing Blame
\nfor The Shame<\/p>\n

of Your Deficient Performance,
\nPlaying Your Part
\nin this Dramacomedy
\nYou Begged
\nto be Cast In.<\/p>\n

Hours later,
\nstill Gut-Wrenched
\nwith the
\nNausea of Narcissus,<\/p>\n

Still Begging
\nThe Light
\nfor Relief,<\/p>\n

You are Self
\nMedicating with
\nMolasses Cookie and
\nCoffee Shop Caffeine,<\/p>\n

When,
\ntwo Tables away,
\na Smiling Mother
\nHolds Her Recently
\nArrived Infant
\non Dada\u2019s Shoulders,<\/p>\n

while The Babe
\nweaves Fingers
\nthrough His Hair,
\nand leans forward
\nto Blow Smooches
\nbetween Her Fingers.<\/p>\n

Your Eyes Swim,
\nand Every Passerby
\nhas Divine Shine.<\/p>\n

Your Shame Is
\nNo Match for
\nThe Flame of
\nAdoration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Baby\u2019s Breath You Rise, hours before the Sun, Desperate to spend Them Imploring The Being that Lit your Being, to Rescue You from The Black Hole of Self-Accusing Blame for The Shame of Your Deficient Performance, Playing Your Part in this Dramacomedy You Begged to be Cast In. Hours later, still Gut-Wrenched with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t