{"id":13763,"date":"2020-09-22T21:59:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T01:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=13763"},"modified":"2021-01-09T05:42:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T10:42:10","slug":"the-poetry-snapshot-one-way-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2020\/09\/22\/the-poetry-snapshot-one-way-street\/","title":{"rendered":"The Poetry Snapshot: One Way Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m constantly under construction,<br \/>\nlike a Michigan road.<br \/>\nBecause it&#8217;s easier to bear a storm,<br \/>\nwhen you are always closed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13765\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 357px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13765\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1804-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"347\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1804-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1804-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1804-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1804.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><em>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Ann Arbor, Michigan<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;ve created so much distance from all the concrete I&#8217;ve mixed and poured,<br \/>\nIt becomes easier for you to remember all the things I&#8217;ve ignored.<\/p>\n<p>I envision us to someday<br \/>\nbe a magnificent highway.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d span from urban cities to rural fields,<br \/>\ndesigned like a beautiful clich\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>But instead,<br \/>\nall our memories<br \/>\nnow feel bittersweet.<br \/>\nBecause for too long,<br \/>\nthis friendship<br \/>\nhas felt like a one way street.<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>After having a few difficult conversations this month, this poem is a reminder to reach out to the people you care about. To tell them how much you value them. To be vulnerable in meaningful relationships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m constantly under construction, like a Michigan road. Because it&#8217;s easier to bear a storm, when you are always closed. I&#8217;ve created so much distance from all the concrete I&#8217;ve mixed and poured, It becomes easier for you to remember all the things I&#8217;ve ignored. I envision us to someday be a magnificent highway. We&#8217;d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2205,"featured_media":13473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34,15,1372,1628],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13763"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13763"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15083,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13763\/revisions\/15083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}