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Going Through The Motions<\/strong><\/p>\n Another day passes.<\/p>\n Another night without sleep.<\/p>\n You are slow as molasses.<\/p>\n Are you sure you\u2019re on your feet?<\/p>\n You said you\u2019d call tomorrow.<\/p>\n That was two days ago now.<\/p>\n If you only knew my sorrow.<\/p>\n Then maybe you would call me now.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I\u2019m going through the motions.<\/p>\n Each day I say I\u2019m fine.<\/p>\n I often have different notions.<\/p>\n But, I deny them all the time.<\/p>\n Others ask how am I doing?<\/p>\n I say that I am \u00a0doing fine.<\/p>\n I wonder who I\u2019m really fooling?<\/p>\n Alone,\u00a0 I\u2019m crying all the time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You spend an evening with me.<\/p>\n I wish that it would never end.<\/p>\n Then you say you must be free.<\/p>\n I wonder if I\u2019ll see you again.<\/p>\n Eventually you will call once more.<\/p>\n My heart soars like an eagle.<\/p>\n As I wait for your knock on the door<\/p>\n I wish that you would make it legal.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Going through the motions.<\/p>\n Each day I say I\u2019m fine.<\/p>\n I often have different notions.<\/p>\n But, I deny them all the time.<\/p>\n Others ask how am I \u00a0doing?<\/p>\n I say that I am \u00a0doing fine.<\/p>\n I wonder who I\u2019m really fooling?<\/p>\n Alone, I\u2019m crying all the time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Close friends say to cut you loose.<\/p>\n Your playing me for a fool.<\/p>\n I should put an end to this ruse.<\/p>\n Make you look like you\u2019re the fool,<\/p>\n gaining back my respect once more.<\/p>\n But, this I cannot do.<\/p>\n I fear you walking out the door.<\/p>\n I will always wait for you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Going through the motions.<\/p>\n Each day I say I\u2019m fine.<\/p>\n I often have different notions.<\/p>\n But I deny them all the time.<\/p>\n Others ask how am I \u00a0doing?<\/p>\n I say that I am \u00a0doing fine.<\/p>\n I wonder who I am really fooling.<\/p>\n Alone, \u00a0I\u2019m crying all the time.——————R. W. Johnson—-(2011)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Going Through The Motions Another day passes. Another night without sleep. You are slow as molasses. Are you sure you\u2019re on your feet? You said you\u2019d call tomorrow. That was two days ago now. If you only knew my sorrow. Then maybe you would call me now. I\u2019m going through the motions. Each … Continue reading Going Through The Motions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-romance","category-songs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions\/128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}