{"id":178,"date":"2015-02-06T12:51:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T20:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lailaelsissi.com\/laila-wp\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2015-02-06T13:16:45","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T21:16:45","slug":"poetry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/booksbylaila.com\/laila-wp\/meet-the-author\/poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>AM SORRY<\/h3>\n<p>I am sorry for everything<br \/>\nFor my suspicion and trust<br \/>\nFor lightening and rain<br \/>\nFor the sea billowing<br \/>\nFor the whispers of lovers<br \/>\nFor fulfillment and parting<br \/>\nFor my life with you<br \/>\nAnd from you<br \/>\nAnd for your death in me<br \/>\nFor the lunar eclipse<br \/>\nFor the withered orchid<br \/>\nAnd the willow that can\u2019t shade<br \/>\nFor compassion and indifference<br \/>\nI am sorry for everything<br \/>\nEven for myself<\/p>\n<p>In my heart<br \/>\nI will bury my question<br \/>\nNot my sorrow<br \/>\nFor what happened<br \/>\nI say it clear<br \/>\nI am not innocent<br \/>\nOf shy gaze<br \/>\nOr daring stare<br \/>\nOf lies you believed<br \/>\nAnd my silences<\/p>\n<p>I am sorry for the dew<br \/>\nOn the unopened bud<br \/>\nFor the quiver<br \/>\nAnd the virgin\u2019s longing<br \/>\nFor the choke in my throat<br \/>\nFor my helplessness<br \/>\nFor craving the abyss<br \/>\nFor the bright dawn<\/p>\n<p>I am sorry<br \/>\nFor the fallen nest<br \/>\nFor failure<br \/>\nFor the tide that pulled me in<br \/>\nFor the unwelcome embrace<br \/>\nFor the tear that doesn\u2019t mend<br \/>\nThe morning that never comes<br \/>\nFor every vow I feared to keep<br \/>\nAnd the goodness we kept from each other<\/p>\n<p><em>Laila El-Sissi<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AM SORRY I am sorry for everything For my suspicion and trust For lightening and rain For the sea billowing For the whispers of lovers For fulfillment and parting For my life with you And from you And for your death in me For the lunar eclipse For the withered\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/booksbylaila.com\/laila-wp\/meet-the-author\/poetry\/\" class=\"read-more-link\">read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52,"parent":22,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-178","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksbylaila.com\/laila-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksbylaila.com\/laila-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksbylaila.com\/laila-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksbylaila.com\/laila-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksbylaila.com\/laila-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/booksbylaila.com\/laila-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179,"href":"https:\/\/booksbylaila.com\/laila-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178\/revisions\/179"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksbylaila.com\/laila-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksbylaila.com\/laila-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksbylaila.com\/laila-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}