{"id":18315,"date":"2022-02-13T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=18315"},"modified":"2022-02-04T22:05:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:05:18","slug":"evolving-emotions-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2022\/02\/13\/evolving-emotions-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolving Emotions: You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything reminds me of you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The faces whirl by in a sea of familiarity<\/p>\n<p>I think I recognize your smile,<\/p>\n<p>your walk,<\/p>\n<p>your presence<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A laugh echoes down the strange hallway<\/p>\n<p>It settles into my ears swiftly and soundly<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not <strong>you<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tears flood my eyes in your absence.<\/p>\n<p>The comfort that held me is no longer.<\/p>\n<p>Is home really home anymore?<\/p>\n<p>Is life what it was before?<\/p>\n<p>No,<\/p>\n<p>But I miss you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I miss you and your<\/p>\n<p>Charming intricacies<\/p>\n<p>Audacious interests<\/p>\n<p>Burning desires<\/p>\n<p>The words you gifted others<\/p>\n<p>The humility woven in your soul<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nobody can compare<\/p>\n<p>And content will come<\/p>\n<p>But for now<\/p>\n<p>Everything reminds me of you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18365\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18365\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211212_130859256_iOS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211212_130859256_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211212_130859256_iOS-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211212_130859256_iOS-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211212_130859256_iOS.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">This is the first poem I wrote when I arrived at this university. Walking by new people was like getting shot. There were a lot of tears. Everything was so new and so familiar all at once. It did get better in time, though.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything reminds me of you. &nbsp; The faces whirl by in a sea of familiarity I think I recognize your smile, your walk, your presence I don\u2019t. &nbsp; A laugh echoes down the strange hallway It settles into my ears swiftly and soundly But it\u2019s not you. &nbsp; Tears flood my eyes in your absence. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2246,"featured_media":17715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1774,1520,34,281,1574,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18315"}],"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\/2246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18315"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19020,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18315\/revisions\/19020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}