{"id":323,"date":"2020-04-30T15:57:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T15:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/15-2\/?page_id=323"},"modified":"2020-04-30T20:26:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T20:26:03","slug":"could-this-be-it","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/poetry\/could-this-be-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Could this be It?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">by <strong>Brandie Lorenzen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could this be it?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could this be the last time I&nbsp;see&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your smiling face,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The glimmer in your eyes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could this be the last time we fall in&nbsp;love,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because I can\u2019t live without you, so it seems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fate was never our desire, only love.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could this be it?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A one-time gone wrong,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hope lost in the dark of&nbsp;our&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beloved thoughts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could this be the last time I see you?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could this be it?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m dancing to the tempo of our hearts beating.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could this be the last time I say I love you?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could this be the last time I say&nbsp;goodbye,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of a see you&nbsp;later?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fate is our recluse,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After tonight,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will have no recollection of&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our love,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will be a distant memory,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or more like a dream.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could this be it?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me, spilling my feelings out&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Onto one page?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could this be my destiny?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want to shout obscenities at fate,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there is no use,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the ultimatum.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could this be it?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our love story,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like Romeo and Juliet,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But more like Othello and Desdemona.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could this be it?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The light fading to dark,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our views on each other&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shattering like glass from a mirror.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our roses are dead,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was never tension,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only organic mentions&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of life. Love. Being free.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could this be it?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Love does not triumph,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The heart does not grow fonder from distance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could this be it?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our last time,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before fate opens that door&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And ushers me out into&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cold world without shelter&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or a place to call home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could this be it?&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Brandie Lorenzen Could this be it?&nbsp; Could this be the last time I&nbsp;see&nbsp; Your smiling face,&nbsp; The glimmer in your eyes.&nbsp; Could this be the last time we fall in&nbsp;love,&nbsp; Because I can\u2019t live without you, so it seems.&nbsp; Fate was never our desire, only love.&nbsp; Could this be it?&nbsp; A one-time gone wrong,&nbsp;&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/poetry\/could-this-be-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Could this be It?<\/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-323","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/323","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=323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/323\/revisions\/324"}],"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=323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}