{"id":1306,"date":"2013-06-15T20:42:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T17:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2013-06-15T20:44:21","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T17:44:21","slug":"the-stalker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/?p=1306","title":{"rendered":"The Stalker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"tumblr_ll076gzrUG1qa0p87o1_500\" href=\"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tumblr_ll076gzrUG1qa0p87o1_500.png\" rel=\"prettyPhoto-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1307\" alt=\"tumblr_ll076gzrUG1qa0p87o1_500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tumblr_ll076gzrUG1qa0p87o1_500.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"sc-blockquote\"><strong>The Stalker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Loneliness is an unwanted stalker, <br \/> Hidden just out of sight. <br \/> I stumble through my day <br \/> Aware he is there, somewhere, <br \/> Waiting for the time to be right.<\/p>\n<p>When I least expect it, <br \/> He taps me on the shoulder, <br \/> Slides his dagger between my ribs, <br \/> And whispers, \u201cI\u2019m still here,\u201d <br \/> Each day becoming a little bolder.<\/p>\n<p>I seek safety in a crowd, <br \/> But even there he\u2019ll find a way <br \/> To remind me he is always near. <br \/> Watching my every move, <br \/> He keeps my inner peace at bay.<\/p>\n<p>When I am alone, <br \/> Prepared to confront him <br \/> Face-to-face, <br \/> He remains hidden <br \/> Until I\u2019m weary, then he strikes again.<\/p>\n<p>He loves the darkness, <br \/> It gives him more places to hide <br \/> And he can move in closer, <br \/> Waiting patiently for just <br \/> The right moment <br \/> To slip his dagger into my side <br \/> And whisper again, <br \/> \u201cI\u2019m still here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>by Phil Ray Jack<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>USA<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contemporary-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1306"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1309,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions\/1309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}