{"id":16307,"date":"2021-03-18T12:59:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T16:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=16307"},"modified":"2023-03-28T14:02:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T18:02:49","slug":"the-poetry-snapshot-to-feel-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2021\/03\/18\/the-poetry-snapshot-to-feel-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Poetry Snapshot: To Feel Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16323\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 308px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-16323\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_0278-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_0278-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_0278-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_0278-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_0278.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Boulder, Colorado<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A trailhead welcomes you<br \/>\nlike open doors at night.<br \/>\nEvergreen branches reach out<br \/>\nto hold you tight.<br \/>\nFoot steps sink into the piercing snow;<br \/>\nyour fears melt away<br \/>\nas you glide down the Meadow.<br \/>\nListening to whispered sighs of relief<br \/>\nas you stand between the trees,<br \/>\nyou think about your overwhelm not too long ago.<\/p>\n<p>Mountains stand tall;<br \/>\na pedestal for the sky.<br \/>\nGusts of wind rock the car;<br \/>\na frightful lullaby.<br \/>\nThis canvas is painted with shades of white.<br \/>\nEarth is tainted by my headlights.<br \/>\nConstantly changing, nature rearranging.<\/p>\n<p>To feel safe without four walls is bliss.<br \/>\nProtected by a twinkling night star kiss.<br \/>\nCity lights do not shine down here,<br \/>\nbut somehow you trust the abyss.<\/p>\n<p>Warm cups of sunrises to sip on<br \/>\nand 5 soft smiles at the break of dawn,<br \/>\nI slowly start to reminisce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trailhead welcomes you like open doors at night. Evergreen branches reach out to hold you tight. Foot steps sink into the piercing snow; your fears melt away as you glide down the Meadow. Listening to whispered sighs of relief as you stand between the trees, you think about your overwhelm not too long ago. [&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":[15,1372],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16307"}],"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=16307"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22909,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16307\/revisions\/22909"}],"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=16307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}