{"id":554,"date":"2021-12-03T07:36:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T07:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/17-1\/?page_id=554"},"modified":"2021-12-03T07:36:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T07:36:51","slug":"the-safety-of-a-bed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/the-safety-of-a-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Safety of a Bed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Emma Julian<\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I\u00a0stay in bed a lot more these days\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">it\u2019s like my brain is in a constant haze<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I\u00a0lie wondering if things do get better\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">because when my sister is sad,\u00a0that\u2019s what\u00a0I\u00a0tell her<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I\u00a0get in my head by the end of the night\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">though\u00a0I\u00a0can fall asleep in any light\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nothing\u00a0I\u00a0do feels productive or right\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and all my words are rearranged the same<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I\u00a0wish\u00a0I\u00a0could cheat on this life like a game<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">spending money makes me happy\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sent into panic the next day\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">who ever thought life was fulfilling this way?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My brain is broken in all the ways of the word<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">my slender shoulders feel the weight of the\u00a0world\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">my writing or lack\u00a0thereof won\u2019t change a single thing<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">yet my blue heart feels the eyes that sting<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">there is so much to worry about this time<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">money, love, pain, and\u00a0truth<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">oh no that hurt doesn\u2019t seem to rhyme\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I\u00a0am busy but feel no purpose at all<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">my mask of a smile begins to fall\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">yet chaos is peaceful,\u00a0it means distraction to me<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">because alone time with only my own thoughts is much\u00a0too\u00a0scary\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">but\u00a0I\u00a0find myself crawling back into bed\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in my warm covers and my favorite sweatshirt instead<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of doing all the things\u00a0I\u00a0really wish to do<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to dream about my future or dream about you.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Julian I\u00a0stay in bed a lot more these days\u00a0\u00a0 it\u2019s like my brain is in a constant haze\u00a0 I\u00a0lie wondering if things do get better\u00a0\u00a0 because when my sister is sad,\u00a0that\u2019s what\u00a0I\u00a0tell her\u00a0 I\u00a0get in my head by the end of the night\u00a0\u00a0 though\u00a0I\u00a0can fall asleep in any light\u00a0\u00a0 nothing\u00a0I\u00a0do feels productive or right\u00a0\u00a0&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/the-safety-of-a-bed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Safety of a Bed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-554","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554","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\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":555,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554\/revisions\/555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}