{"id":1854,"date":"2019-02-24T08:16:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T15:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2024-04-22T02:46:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T02:46:12","slug":"feeling-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/2019\/02\/24\/feeling-rage\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Rage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/burn-burning-fire-1806061-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/burn-burning-fire-1806061-cropped-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"839\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1855\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>lost<br \/>\nalone<br \/>\nin pain<br \/>\nangry<br \/>\nthrough no fault<br \/>\nof my own<\/p>\n<p>rage became my guide<br \/>\nprotecting me<br \/>\nfrom everything outside<\/p>\n<p>deep inside<br \/>\nthe need to control<br \/>\nto keep the rage from consuming me<\/p>\n<p>it lies in wait<br \/>\nfor the bad days<br \/>\nthe last nerve<br \/>\nforever burning within<\/p>\n<p>without vigilance<br \/>\nit will erupt<br \/>\nin a maelstrom of regret<\/p>\n<p>emotionless daydreaming<br \/>\ndisconnect<br \/>\ndisassociate<br \/>\nthe imaginary more comforting<br \/>\nthan the real world<br \/>\nwhere the rage is patiently waiting<\/p>\n<p>a loud noise<br \/>\na boisterous voice<br \/>\nan unexpected sound<br \/>\na cause for flinching<br \/>\nfear and panic arrive<br \/>\nand the rage rises<\/p>\n<p>the mendacity of rage<br \/>\never present<br \/>\nkept in check<br \/>\nbut always burns<br \/>\nin my eyes<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nin my soul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[238,285,301],"class_list":["post-1854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-mental-health","tag-poetry","tag-rage"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3766,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\/revisions\/3766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}