{"id":2241,"date":"2009-03-09T19:48:22","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T02:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sm.amigotico.com\/poetryblog\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2014-01-01T19:51:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T03:51:54","slug":"insomnia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/2009\/03\/09\/insomnia\/","title":{"rendered":"Insomnia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is no consoling silence<br \/>\nwherein I might find solace<br \/>\nonly the raucous cacophony<br \/>\nof these rebel rousers&#8217; unrest.<\/p>\n<p>While I seek inward to a center,<br \/>\npine for nurturing rest,<br \/>\nto feel sleep&#8217;s soft tendrils<br \/>\ndescend over me<br \/>\nto caress,<br \/>\nto calm<br \/>\nand soothe my weariness.<\/p>\n<p>Though not apprised of turning inward<br \/>\nnor of silence, nor natural rest<br \/>\nsolace by them is sought<br \/>\nthrough chemical malfeasance.<br \/>\nEnticing a brain to an altered perception<br \/>\na state of numbness,<br \/>\ntheir predilection<br \/>\na false solace it is at best. <\/p>\n<p>I too am desirous of,<br \/>\naddicted one could say,<br \/>\nto altered states of perception<br \/>\nthough attained in a natural way<br \/>\nThat inward peace and calm<br \/>\nreflection on life and breath<\/p>\n<p>an altered state of mental quietude,<br \/>\nnot the numbness at the behest<br \/>\nof some external influence<br \/>\nof the chemicals they ingest.<\/p>\n<p>We all are seeking something<br \/>\naddicts we might say,<br \/>\ntrying to find something<br \/>\nbeyond the normality<br \/>\nof each mundane day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no consoling silence<br \/> wherein I might find solace<br \/> only the raucous cacophony<br \/> of these rebel rousers&#8217; unrest.<\/p>\n<p>While I seek inward to a center,<br \/> pine for nurturing rest,<br \/> to feel sleep&#8217;s soft tendrils<br \/> descend over me<br \/> to caress,<br \/> to calm<br \/> and soothe my weariness.<\/p>\n<p>Though not apprised of turning [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1,8,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-poems","category-social","category-songs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2242,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241\/revisions\/2242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}