{"id":632,"date":"2023-08-18T21:17:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T21:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tdp.mtse.co.uk\/?p=632"},"modified":"2023-08-18T21:17:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T21:17:51","slug":"if-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tdp.mtse.co.uk\/?p=632","title":{"rendered":"If Only&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How I long to be accepted for who I am,<br>And not for what people think they see,<br>And how I long for people to look at the kindness in my heart,<br>And for them to rid their assumptions of me,<br><br>How I long to feel like I\u2019m a part of this society,<br>By not just the people who\u2019s already a part of it and also by myself,<br>And how I long for the departure of all this human judgement that fills our world,<br>That is purely based on looks, status or mental health,<br><br>How I long to feel like a real human,<br>To have feelings and emotions that I don\u2019t have to lock away,<br>And how I long for me to be able to express those said feelings,<br>Without any misconception or disarray,<br><br>How I long for money to actually serve us,<br>Instead of us bowing down to it and filling our world with greed,<br>And how I long for all the hate and judgment to disappear,<br>And for people to realise that love and understanding is what we need,<br><br>How I long for that cuddle,<br>From someone who wants nothing but to embrace,<br>And how I long for this constant feeling of worthlessness to leave me,<br>And a true sense of belonging to finally show it\u2019s face,<br><br>How I long to find peace,<br>Within my broken heart and my damaged soul,<br>And how I long for the demons that plague my mind,<br>For me to be able take full control,<br><br>How I long for people to be able to speak up,<br>And not be scared to lower their defences and be able to trust,<br>And how I long for all the hurt in this world to disappear,<br>And being kind to others not looked at as weak or with disgust,<br><br>How I long for all this to become reality,<br>Maybe then we wouldn\u2019t all feel so lonely,<br>And then we all find peace and love within ourselves and others,<br>Huh \u2026\u2026.. If only.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wrote on: 17\/08\/2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How I long to be accepted for who I am,And not for what people think they see,And how I long for people to look at the kindness in my heart,And for them to rid their assumptions of me, How I long to feel like I\u2019m a part of this society,By not just the people who\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tdp.mtse.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tdp.mtse.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tdp.mtse.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tdp.mtse.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tdp.mtse.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=632"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tdp.mtse.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":637,"href":"https:\/\/tdp.mtse.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions\/637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tdp.mtse.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tdp.mtse.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tdp.mtse.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}