{"id":304,"date":"2024-11-20T21:56:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T21:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/20-1\/?page_id=304"},"modified":"2024-11-30T03:31:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T03:31:09","slug":"the-power-she-had","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/20-1\/the-power-she-had\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power She Had"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Jack Scholtes<\/span><\/p>\n

The best thing about another person is that it\u2019s another person<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not yourself you are speaking to, but someone else<\/span><\/p>\n

Someone new, even someone old<\/span><\/p>\n

And what a wonderful thing it is to talk to someone else<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

She had the most green eyes I had ever seen.<\/span><\/p>\n

I only realized this after I left, but how wonderful they looked<\/span><\/p>\n

With her dark hair and green eyes, yet bright personality.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I looked at her eyes, I was speechless<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It can be as simple as that. Just seeing someone\u2019s eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n

At that point, I was already latched. Stuck. Unable to move.<\/span><\/p>\n

She had me in a grip so powerful I had no idea I was in it.<\/span><\/p>\n

But her grip was so wonderful, too<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

That night I don\u2019t think we could have been closer.<\/span><\/p>\n

If her face was in front of mine, or vice versa, I do not know<\/span><\/p>\n

But I know that the feeling I had was so significant<\/span><\/p>\n

Mostly because I didn\u2019t really feel at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

If the grasp she had was tight, or loose, I still remember the feeling<\/span><\/p>\n

I remember the feeling in my heart and in my head<\/span><\/p>\n

I remember the feeling on my body, as hers pressed into mine<\/span><\/p>\n

I do not remember the guilt, as it was invisible to me<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The best part about another person is that it\u2019s another person.<\/span><\/p>\n

And while you remember that they are different than you,<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember that they are not you<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember the feeling now, and even after.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t, don’t worry. You won\u2019t forget.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Jack Scholtes The best thing about another person is that it\u2019s another person It\u2019s not yourself you are speaking to, but someone else Someone new, even someone old And what a wonderful thing it is to talk to someone else   She had the most green eyes I had ever seen. I only realized Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":60,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-304","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/20-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/20-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/20-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/20-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/20-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/20-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/20-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304\/revisions\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/20-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}