{"id":377,"date":"2021-11-30T17:14:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T17:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/17-1\/?page_id=377"},"modified":"2021-12-01T16:27:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T16:27:53","slug":"rebirth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/rebirth\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebirth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Sarah Callahan<\/h5>\n<p>Somewhere between unconditional love and insurmountable grief<\/p>\n<p>The interstate of the logic that is necessary to survive in this world and the free-flowing emotional abstractions in which make it worth living<\/p>\n<p>Among concrete sky-high architectures of materialistic business beasts craving a cash feast<\/p>\n<p>And the essence of nature sparkling and beckoning from mystical sublime pale green palm trees<\/p>\n<p>The battle of self-preservation following a one-way ticket to damnation<\/p>\n<p>Defensively collapsing into existential quicksand upon blind faith to tragic alters of false Gods gestation<\/p>\n<p>And the final cracking open of the unbelievable illusion that requisites the birth of a higher psychic vibration<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Can we ever rest our heads into the security of the closure we desperately need?<\/p>\n<p>Or are we perpetually stagnant and frozen<\/p>\n<p>Huddling behind claustrophobic flimsy walls perpetuating the merciless pressure of existence<\/p>\n<p>The mindless clutter within artificial cell phones cultivating a dystopia disguised as home<\/p>\n<p>Waking in cities like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p>Climbing ladders with no ceiling<\/p>\n<p>Barely breathing<\/p>\n<p>Operating as if we owe something to someone, have to get over something or someone, have to get somewhere or be someone we are not<\/p>\n<p>Imprisoned<\/p>\n<p>Existing behind a faulty flightless facade flux state heart wrenching fear of dying<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I for one, am dancing on a rainy grave with a smile on my face; my funeral is a raging holiday<\/p>\n<p>I am the red hot phoenix springing from the obsolete<\/p>\n<p>I am the yellow daffodil arising from icy glaciers of synthetic concrete<\/p>\n<p>As this whole world veiled and divided stops abruptly in floored utter shocked disbelief<\/p>\n<p>Because I do not conform to these comical theatrical ideas of what I am supposed to be<\/p>\n<p>Instead I sing along to authenticity<\/p>\n<p>I have freed my spirit into the eternal now<\/p>\n<p>To die, and so to grow<\/p>\n<p>Reborn<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Callahan Somewhere between unconditional love and insurmountable grief The interstate of the logic that is necessary to survive in this world and the free-flowing emotional abstractions in which make it worth living Among concrete sky-high architectures of materialistic business beasts craving a cash feast And the essence of nature sparkling and beckoning from mystical&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/rebirth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rebirth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-377","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":406,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377\/revisions\/406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}