{"id":338,"date":"2020-04-30T16:13:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T16:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/15-2\/?page_id=338"},"modified":"2020-04-30T20:24:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T20:24:50","slug":"im-falling-will-you-catch-me-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/poetry\/im-falling-will-you-catch-me-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Falling, will you Catch Me?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">by <strong>Brandie Lorenzen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Help, I\u2019m falling hard,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Will you be prepared to catch me?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve blinked one too many times,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I can\u2019t seem to scratch the vision&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From my sight.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m falling hard, for you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I swear, I fall easily,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I cannot fathom the idea&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of why my heart falls easily.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Help, I\u2019m falling hard,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I cannot bear the thought&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of losing you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve searched the world,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Far too many are distraught,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are fools at their own game,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And try too hard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps this is all a dream,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps I am falling.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, will you be there to catch me?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is no bandwagon,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am not just falling to fall,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To fall in love with love,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But to fall in love with you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am falling,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please be there to catch me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Brandie Lorenzen Help, I\u2019m falling hard,&nbsp; Will you be prepared to catch me?&nbsp; I\u2019ve blinked one too many times,&nbsp; But I can\u2019t seem to scratch the vision&nbsp; From my sight.&nbsp; I\u2019m falling hard, for you.&nbsp; I swear, I fall easily,&nbsp; I cannot fathom the idea&nbsp; Of why my heart falls easily.&nbsp; Help, I\u2019m falling&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/poetry\/im-falling-will-you-catch-me-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I&#8217;m Falling, will you Catch Me?<\/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-338","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338","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=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338\/revisions\/339"}],"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=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}