{"id":944,"date":"2014-12-19T12:02:18","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T20:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=944"},"modified":"2014-12-19T12:02:18","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T20:02:18","slug":"private-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=944","title":{"rendered":"Private World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Private World<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everything was black.<\/p>\n<p>There was no sight.<\/p>\n<p>There was no crap!<\/p>\n<p>No emotions.<\/p>\n<p>No feeling at all.<\/p>\n<p>No commotions.<\/p>\n<p>He was locked away.<\/p>\n<p>Deep in his mind.<\/p>\n<p>He had nothing to say.<\/p>\n<p>To be left alone<\/p>\n<p>was all he wanted.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t even moan.<\/p>\n<p>He was drawn and gaunt.<\/p>\n<p>His face was a mask.<\/p>\n<p>No emotions there.<\/p>\n<p>He wouldn\u2019t last.<\/p>\n<p>Death was drawing near.<\/p>\n<p>Then,&#8212; she came.<\/p>\n<p>A sweet smell he noticed first.<\/p>\n<p>A gentle touch.<\/p>\n<p>Others just made it worse.<\/p>\n<p>As time passed,<\/p>\n<p>He started to hear her voice.<\/p>\n<p>Finally,&#8212; at last.<\/p>\n<p>He had to look and see.<\/p>\n<p>She was beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>She was gentle and kind.<\/p>\n<p>She trimmed his cuticles.<\/p>\n<p>She washed his feet.<\/p>\n<p>As he grew stronger,<\/p>\n<p>She helped him to eat.<\/p>\n<p>She was an angel to him.<\/p>\n<p>She gave him hope.<\/p>\n<p>Her heart he wanted to win.<\/p>\n<p>So, one day, he actually spoke.<\/p>\n<p>He told her he loved her.<\/p>\n<p>He wanted her for his own.<\/p>\n<p>She said what he didn\u2019t want to hear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am only your nurse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am married to another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It&#8212;it couldn\u2019t be any worse!!<\/p>\n<p>The black came slamming in.<\/p>\n<p>He slipped back into his shell.<\/p>\n<p>He would let no one in.<\/p>\n<p>He would die first.<\/p>\n<p>He was safe here from all pain.<\/p>\n<p>The Dr. told the nurse:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s all in vain\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He is going&#8212;&#8212;-going&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-going&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;gone!!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;R. W. Johnson&#8212;&#8212;(2005)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Private World Everything was black. There was no sight. There was no crap! No emotions. No feeling at all. No commotions. He was locked away. Deep in his mind. He had nothing to say. To be left alone was all he wanted. He didn\u2019t even moan. He was drawn and gaunt. His face &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=944\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Private World<\/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":[29,12,2,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-lessons","category-random","category-romance","category-tragedy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944","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=944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":945,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944\/revisions\/945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}