{"id":164,"date":"2016-07-01T00:27:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T00:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/?p=164"},"modified":"2016-07-01T00:28:26","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T00:28:26","slug":"muse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/01\/muse\/","title":{"rendered":"Muse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-166 \" src=\"http:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160224_150159-e1467320530421-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"20160224_150159\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160224_150159-e1467320530421-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160224_150159-e1467320530421-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160224_150159-e1467320530421-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never stopped thinking of you.<\/p>\n<p>I know that&#8211;after years of empty promises, cancelled rendezvous and treating you as some sort of dirty secret, a shameful affair&#8211;my words probably feel hollow.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s true&#8211;you&#8217;ve never left my mind.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to come to you, yesterday when you called.<\/p>\n<p>You didn&#8217;t have to say anything. The electrical current that began as a tickle of nausea inside of my stomach, pulsating through me and weakening my defenses&#8211;let me know that it was you.<\/p>\n<p>Succumbing to the seductive tease your presence awakened, I planned to sneak away last night&#8211;to find you.<\/p>\n<p>To give to you my body&#8211;my mind&#8211;abandoning my higher thoughts and submitting myself to your demands.<\/p>\n<p>Until, lying in my bed, security placated my passions, squelching them with promises of comfort, ease and a life of certainty.<\/p>\n<p>And now I&#8217;m afraid&#8211;terrified&#8211;that, tiring of my games and refusing to remain in second place, you&#8217;ll leave me, giving yourself to another.<\/p>\n<p>Another who&#8211;when you call&#8211;will risk everything for the intimacy with creation that is found in your embrace.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-167 \" src=\"http:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot_2016-06-30-17-21-59-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_2016-06-30-17-21-59-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot_2016-06-30-17-21-59-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot_2016-06-30-17-21-59-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot_2016-06-30-17-21-59-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot_2016-06-30-17-21-59-1-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/wordsforthisday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screenshot_2016-06-30-17-21-59-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never stopped thinking of you. I know that&#8211;after years of empty promises, cancelled rendezvous and treating you as some sort of dirty secret, a shameful affair&#8211;my words probably feel hollow. But it&#8217;s true&#8211;you&#8217;ve never left my mind. I wanted to come to you, yesterday when you called. You didn&#8217;t have to say anything. 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