{"id":642,"date":"2020-05-01T03:17:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T03:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/15-2\/?page_id=642"},"modified":"2020-05-01T03:26:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T03:26:17","slug":"the-s-t-e-p-s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/poetry\/the-s-t-e-p-s\/","title":{"rendered":"THE S-T-E-P-S"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">by <strong>Kathryn Del Rosario<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>#One. Certainty.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I know exactly where I am heading, and I am on my way to it.<br>I know everything I want and I am going to attain it.<br>No way to change my mind and no way this won\u2019t be done.<br>My eyes are set. My heart is certain. and My mind is focus.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>#Two. Confusion.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I started questioning my plans then later on myself.<br>The things I seemed to know best, slowly faded away.<br>I started wondering if it is worth it. Maybe it is. Maybe it is not.<br>Unsettled heart. Uneasy mind. Sleepless nights.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>#Three. Fall.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>My heart needs to be set free from what I thought was home.<br>My mind needs to be put to ease, and so as my soul.<br>But they would talk.Judge. They won\u2019t understand.<br>They see it as weakness. I see it as bravery.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong># Four. Rise.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I let loose anyway. Slowly. But I got there.<br>New path. New bravery. New trials.<br>Success doesn\u2019t come easy. And neither are their approvals.<br>The difference? One is necessary and the other is not. I have decided.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Cycle,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Just when I thought it is over. Life had to press Restart. Again.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Kathryn Del Rosario #One. Certainty. I know exactly where I am heading, and I am on my way to it.I know everything I want and I am going to attain it.No way to change my mind and no way this won\u2019t be done.My eyes are set. My heart is certain. and My mind is&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/poetry\/the-s-t-e-p-s\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">THE S-T-E-P-S<\/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-642","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/642","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=642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":643,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/642\/revisions\/643"}],"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=642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}