
{"id":471,"date":"2014-08-08T18:11:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T18:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jlfouts.expressions.syr.edu\/inner_poet\/?page_id=471"},"modified":"2014-08-08T19:05:34","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T19:05:34","slug":"bother","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jlfouts.expressions.syr.edu\/inner_poet\/lonelytimes\/bother\/","title":{"rendered":"I know it shouldn&#8217;t bother me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know it shouldn\u2019t bother me<br \/>\nI know I am a good dad, a good father, a good role model<br \/>\nI know it shouldn\u2019t bother me<br \/>\nBut it does<br \/>\nI am depressed more now than I ever was<br \/>\nI am sad, disappointed<br \/>\nI know it shouldn\u2019t bother me<br \/>\nBut it does<br \/>\nDo I even bother to ask why, how, when did this happen<br \/>\nFor what reason? I already know the answers<br \/>\nMaybe it is my fault<br \/>\nMaybe I wasn\u2019t around enough<br \/>\nMaybe I wasn\u2019t there when she needed me most<br \/>\nI know it shouldn&#8217;t bother me<br \/>\nBut it does<br \/>\nI am sorry if I have done something<br \/>\nThat you don\u2019t necessarily care for<br \/>\nI apologize for trying to give you a better life<br \/>\nThere are so many things that I want to tell you<br \/>\nBut I can\u2019t<br \/>\nYou wouldn&#8217;t understand, as much as your mom thinks you will<br \/>\nYou won\u2019t<br \/>\nYou can\u2019t<br \/>\nYou just don\u2019t have enough life experience to understand<br \/>\nSo I hold it in, and that is dangerous<br \/>\nBecause it comes out, but in negative ways<br \/>\nI know it shouldn\u2019t bother me<br \/>\nBut it does<br \/>\nOur relationship is fragile<br \/>\nAnd I don\u2019t know how to make it stronger<br \/>\nI often heard just being there is half the battle<br \/>\nWell, I was there, I am here, and I am still losing<br \/>\nThe battle<br \/>\nI am told she will understand someday<br \/>\nI don\u2019t know if she will<br \/>\nMaybe when she has kids of her own<br \/>\nI pray that she does not ever have to go through<br \/>\nWhat she is putting me through right now<br \/>\nI know it shouldn\u2019t bother me<br \/>\nBut it does<br \/>\nI am sad<br \/>\nI am tired<br \/>\nI am just a shell of myself<br \/>\nIf it ever gets to the point where it doesn\u2019t bother me<br \/>\nThan I will know it is truly over, what we have, had, whatever this is<br \/>\nIt bothers me<br \/>\nIt does<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know it shouldn\u2019t bother me I know I am a good dad, a good father, a good role model I know it shouldn\u2019t bother me But it does I am depressed more now than I ever was I am &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jlfouts.expressions.syr.edu\/inner_poet\/lonelytimes\/bother\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":109,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jlfouts.expressions.syr.edu\/inner_poet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jlfouts.expressions.syr.edu\/inner_poet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jlfouts.expressions.syr.edu\/inner_poet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jlfouts.expressions.syr.edu\/inner_poet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jlfouts.expressions.syr.edu\/inner_poet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jlfouts.expressions.syr.edu\/inner_poet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":474,"href":"https:\/\/jlfouts.expressions.syr.edu\/inner_poet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471\/revisions\/474"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jlfouts.expressions.syr.edu\/inner_poet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jlfouts.expressions.syr.edu\/inner_poet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}