{"id":321,"date":"2020-04-30T15:55:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T15:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/15-2\/?page_id=321"},"modified":"2020-04-30T20:28:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T20:28:10","slug":"the-broken-dreamer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/poetry\/the-broken-dreamer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Broken Dreamer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">by <strong>Brandie Lorenzen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can see the stars in her&nbsp;eyes;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They twinkle every time&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her cheeks raise when she&nbsp;laughs;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the inside, she is dying.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is a gone girl, but she has some hope&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That someday, someone will swoop in&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And change her world for the better.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the days of the broken dreamer,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is more tears and heartbreak&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Than&nbsp;laughter and appreciation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Somewhere in the broken dreamer,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a heart that is slowly beating&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All the love it leaks out,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until it turns to stone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The broken dreamer has&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A plethora of arrows in her back,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet she carries on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is not a hunchback,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But she still struggles to sit upright&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In that posture that shows dominance,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Confidence, loyalty, and strength.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She falls short of her own expectations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This broken dreamer has much to give,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But not given enough in return.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her grace is quite delicate,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But a pinch will break her once more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every crack and chipped piece,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her heart can\u2019t take anymore.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The broken dreamer longs for more,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But hardly has the time to keep herself going,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or to get others back on their feet again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The broken dreamer is an escape&nbsp;artist;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She follows others but knows when to make a run for it&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When things turn sour,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But she will always return like a lover&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who knows they need to release before some thing&nbsp;or&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone can return.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The broken dreamer knows best,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But must be reminded of the rest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Brandie Lorenzen You can see the stars in her&nbsp;eyes;&nbsp; They twinkle every time&nbsp; Her cheeks raise when she&nbsp;laughs;&nbsp; On the inside, she is dying.&nbsp; She is a gone girl, but she has some hope&nbsp; That someday, someone will swoop in&nbsp; And change her world for the better.&nbsp; In the days of the broken dreamer,&nbsp;&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/poetry\/the-broken-dreamer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Broken Dreamer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-321","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321\/revisions\/322"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}