{"id":317,"date":"2010-08-04T03:29:15","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T08:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php"},"modified":"2014-03-24T01:22:59","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T08:22:59","slug":"turning-point","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/writing\/writing-1995\/turning-point","title":{"rendered":"Turning Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><em>By Martin Falatic<br \/>\nWritten 1995-06-05 22:40<br \/>\nRevised 1995-06-05 22:40<\/em><\/h5>\n<div class=\"hr\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>I looked at the moon tonight,<br \/>\nCold, distant, solemn,<br \/>\nThe embodiment of my dreams and my aspirations,<br \/>\nAs they collide with an uncertain future.<\/p>\n<p>I felt the tears brimming,<br \/>\nBitter tears, not of the betrayed,<br \/>\nBut of the betrayer,<br \/>\nMourning the loss of his soul.<\/p>\n<p>Dreams cried out in the silent vacuum between us,<br \/>\nAbandoned by their progenitor.<br \/>\nForgiveness is at once a breath and a lifetime away.<br \/>\nRedemption held hostage by fear.<\/p>\n<p>Words strain to escape my fingers,<br \/>\nTo bridge the gap between the moon and mankind,<br \/>\nTo illuminate the path into tomorrow.<br \/>\nI have only just begun&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"hr\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Martin Falatic Written 1995-06-05 22:40 Revised 1995-06-05 22:40 I looked at the moon tonight, Cold, distant, solemn, The embodiment of my dreams and my aspirations, As they collide with an uncertain future. I felt the tears brimming, Bitter tears, not of the betrayed, But of the betrayer, Mourning the loss of his soul. Dreams [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":280,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-317","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/317\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}