{"id":2111,"date":"2019-10-24T23:52:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T05:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/?p=2111"},"modified":"2024-04-22T02:46:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T02:46:11","slug":"im-still-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/2019\/10\/24\/im-still-here\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m still here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/pexels-photo-266046-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/pexels-photo-266046-cropped-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"354\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2112\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve walked the streets<br \/>\nalone and barefoot<br \/>\nendured the mocking<br \/>\nthe judging<br \/>\nthe pain<br \/>\nand I&#8217;m still here<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve walked the streets alone<br \/>\nshards of judgment ripped through my feet<br \/>\ntearing at my skin<br \/>\nlacerating my soul<br \/>\nand I&#8217;m still here<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve walked the streets alone<br \/>\nto escape the condescending eyes<br \/>\nthat think they know better<br \/>\nbut have never seen the horror<br \/>\none human can inflict on another<br \/>\nand I&#8217;m still here<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve walked the streets alone<br \/>\ncarrying the weight of unjustified shame<br \/>\nbecause they told me<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s how it was supposed to be<br \/>\nand I&#8217;m still here<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve walked the streets alone<br \/>\nnaked, yet clothed<br \/>\nmy feet accepting<br \/>\nthe sharp, the jagged, the rough<br \/>\nvitriol directed toward me<br \/>\nand I&#8217;m still here<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve walked the streets alone<br \/>\nendured the humiliation<br \/>\nthe guilt<br \/>\nthe blame<br \/>\nthat was never mine to accept<br \/>\nI survived<br \/>\nand I&#8217;m still fucking here<\/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":[238,284,285,377],"class_list":["post-2111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-mental-health","tag-poem","tag-poetry","tag-trauma"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111","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=2111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3731,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111\/revisions\/3731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}