{"id":179,"date":"2022-09-12T11:48:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T18:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/?post_type=writing&#038;p=179"},"modified":"2022-10-08T11:19:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T18:19:44","slug":"onyx","status":"publish","type":"writing","link":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/writing\/onyx\/","title":{"rendered":"Onyx"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my head,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I lay in clouds of <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">cotton, planted in <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">spiraling hues of <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">pigmented blues; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intermingling rosy <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">tints coasting <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swim in daydreams encased<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in the promise of budding <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">lilacs, and crisp emerald <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">pools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bringing me happiness anew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">there are <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">days<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the corners of my <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">oasis, pitched in <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">onyx<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">bleed a thick smoky <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">haze. The waters <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">glaze over,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a dull grey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flowers <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">retract and I <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">see myself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">shriveling into patches of ash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":[],"genre":[29,26],"year":[44],"class_list":["post-179","writing","type-writing","status-publish","hentry","genre-poetry","genre-writing","year-44"],"acf":{"contributor":"Bethany Velazquez","bio":"Velazquez uses her own feelings of detachment, disgust, and insecurity, to weave a narrative that displays her in a vulnerable light.","text":"","contributor_page":[338]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writing\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/writing"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}