{"id":143572,"date":"2015-07-28T19:29:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T19:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/07\/28\/if-i-could-shield-you-with-my-body-i-would\/"},"modified":"2015-07-28T19:29:25","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T19:29:25","slug":"if-i-could-shield-you-with-my-body-i-would","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/07\/28\/if-i-could-shield-you-with-my-body-i-would\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p>if i could shield you with my body, <br \/>\ni would.<\/p>\n<p>you are made of starlight,<br \/>\nyou are made of sea glass<br \/>\nand wind chimes<br \/>\nand other holy objects<br \/>\nthat sparkle when held up to the light.<\/p>\n<p>ah, but i am sharp,<br \/>\ni am razor blades and windshield glass,<br \/>\ni find no comfort in the sun.<br \/>\ni have walked a thousand miles<br \/>\nand have yet to wear skin that does not fit badly.<br \/>\nhere are my hands, darling,\u00a0<br \/>\nhere are my marksman hands:<\/p>\n<p>read the years that i have wept for you<br \/>\nin the lines of my palms,<br \/>\nfeel the delicate skin at my wrists.<br \/>\ntoo many times<br \/>\nhave i felt myself grow weak before you.<\/p>\n<p>and still &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>if i could die for you,<br \/>\nif i could shield you with my body,<br \/>\ni would.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class='attribution'>shatter me to shrapnel and i will thank you for the touch | <a href=\"http:\/\/barneswilson.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">n.k.<\/a>\u00a0 (via <a href=\"http:\/\/barneswilson.tumblr.com\/\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">barneswilson<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>if i could shield you with my body, i would. you are made of starlight, you are made of sea glass and wind chimes and other holy objects that sparkle when held up to the light. ah, but i am sharp, i am razor blades and windshield glass, i find no comfort in the sun. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/07\/28\/if-i-could-shield-you-with-my-body-i-would\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[8063,1741,1602,16483,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143572"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}