Waning off the will to wield, to hold,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
held, the hilt waiting for you to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
want it once\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
once more<\/em>, but you whisper<\/p>\n\n\n\n the world still<\/p>\n\n\n\n silent, words slipping away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Wading in the wake left by<\/p>\n\n\n\n wounds ripping<\/p>\n\n\n\n what was left? you<\/p>\n\n\n\n were wasted, always<\/p>\n\n\n\n wondering, must I<\/p>\n\n\n\n wander more,<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n finding the handle<\/p>\n\n\n\n held tight, holding tight<\/p>\n\n\n\n as weak wrists could<\/p>\n\n\n\n you wander on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Old Version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Waning off the will to wield, to hold,<\/p>\n\n\n\n held, the hilt waiting for you to<\/p>\n\n\n\n want it once\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n once more<\/em>, but you whisper<\/p>\n\n\n\n the world still<\/p>\n\n\n\n silent, words slipping away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Wading in the wake left by<\/p>\n\n\n\n wounds ripping<\/p>\n\n\n\n what was left? you<\/p>\n\n\n\n were wasted, always<\/p>\n\n\n\n wondering, must I<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Wander more,<\/p>\n\n\n\n find the handle<\/p>\n\n\n\n held tight, holding tight<\/p>\n\n\n\n as weak wrists, ask<\/p>\n\n\n\n could you be a hero again<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Author’s Note:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Can you tell what kind of person this is? Am I making it obvious enough that they’re like a retired knight or something? Is that last line too on the nose?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Waning off the will to wield, to hold, held, the hilt waiting for you to want it once\u2014 once more, but you whisper the world still silent, words slipping away. Wading in the wake left by wounds ripping what was left? you were wasted, always wondering, must I wander more, finding the handle held tight, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lilytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/lilytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}