{"id":4731,"date":"2018-11-08T08:42:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T14:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=4731"},"modified":"2018-11-08T08:42:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T14:42:25","slug":"the-importance-of-knocking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/11\/08\/the-importance-of-knocking\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Knocking"},"content":{"rendered":"

You came without asking,<\/span><\/p>\n

Took without warning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Left with no goodbye.<\/span><\/p>\n

Repeated like you never went.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You were the stench in the air.<\/span><\/p>\n

The elephant in this room.<\/span><\/p>\n

Uncomfortable is how I\u2019d describe.<\/span><\/p>\n

How anyone who knew you would.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

When I\u2019d ask you to leave,<\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019d give that forbidden smirk,<\/span><\/p>\n

Then move even closer to me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Invading any space I thought I had.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Never was I allowed to breathe,<\/span><\/p>\n

without asking you first.<\/span><\/p>\n

Never was I allowed to leave,<\/span><\/p>\n

without informing you first.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I got tired of this circus you made of me.<\/span><\/p>\n

I got tired of the Jack-in-the-box you put me in.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hell, I even got tired of the person inside me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Snapping was inevitable. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The kitchen knife was cold.<\/span><\/p>\n

And so was your lifeless body.<\/span><\/p>\n

You now lay on my front door step.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the door closed in front of you.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

My bed is now reclaimed,<\/span><\/p>\n

The monsters stay beneath.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vanished.<\/span><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t see you.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And this is why i knock,<\/span><\/p>\n

before entering any room.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You came without asking, Took without warning. Left with no goodbye. Repeated like you never went.   You were the stench in the air. The elephant in this room. Uncomfortable is how I\u2019d describe. How anyone who knew you would.   When I\u2019d ask you to leave, You\u2019d give that forbidden smirk, Then move even … Continue reading “The Importance of Knocking”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4731"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4731"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4753,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4731\/revisions\/4753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}