{"id":25778,"date":"2024-09-08T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=25778"},"modified":"2024-09-09T16:20:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T20:20:50","slug":"capturing-campus-my-savior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2024\/09\/08\/capturing-campus-my-savior\/","title":{"rendered":"Capturing Campus: My Savior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TW: Sexual assault, domestic violence, toxic relationships<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My Savior&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should I bless<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the carving in my chest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>where your words plucked at veins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and picked at my pulp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>wrap me up and keep me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should I weep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>as you leave<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would it relieve&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>this bleeding heartache<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>aching for your nails digging in<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>for the impact of your fist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the raised bruises on my arms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>burning between my thighs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was always you I begged for<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted the hurt you\u2019d give me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>even still I do<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>sometimes miss you&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>miss the misconception&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>that I deserved this<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and that kneeling on my knees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>was deliverance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I begged you to deliver me&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>holy and broken&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>dignity like a lemon peel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m worth nothing to you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and I owe you your falling flesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>without a kiss<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>of apology or sympathy&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No goodbyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>for the liars and sadists&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>because you killed me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and I saved me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"777\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sep-8.1-777x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25779\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7589792060491494;object-fit:cover;width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sep-8.1-777x1024.png 777w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sep-8.1-228x300.png 228w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sep-8.1-768x1012.png 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sep-8.1.png 803w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"737\" height=\"1003\" src=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sep-8.2-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25781\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7347956131605184;width:300px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sep-8.2-1.png 737w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sep-8.2-1-220x300.png 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TW: Sexual assault, domestic violence, toxic relationships My Savior&nbsp; Should I bless the carving in my chest where your words plucked at veins and picked at my pulp wrap me up and keep me Should I weep as you leave Would it relieve&nbsp; this bleeding heartache aching for your nails digging in for the impact [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2246,"featured_media":25727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2034,1520,34,281,15,420],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25778"}],"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=25778"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25807,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25778\/revisions\/25807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}