{"id":3826,"date":"2026-03-28T12:53:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alasca-black.com\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:04:02","slug":"marlene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alasca-black.com\/de\/marlene\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MarLene W\ud83c\udf39<br \/>\nThe lady-cord that helped me get my song back in tune,<br \/>\nalways an opportune,<br \/>\na friend, but not with queries or a diarised end.<br \/>\nAnother almost, yet like a mother,<br \/>\nan advocate, but quite like the devil&#8217;s other.<br \/>\nJust some body\u2014<br \/>\nbut not just like anyone who ever had my back,<br \/>\nI felt like running to her all the time.<\/p>\n<p>She said, Okay, it&#8217;s not a crime,<br \/>\nbut reminded me: I have my own feet.<br \/>\nI could make my own bed.<br \/>\nI could shift my own mind.<br \/>\nI could show that I, too, could be kind\u2014<br \/>\nto me.<\/p>\n<p>I am the friend unneeded,<br \/>\nthe grind from needing held,<br \/>\nthe one with a huge and deep ear\u2014<br \/>\nit too was attached to a soul,<br \/>\nand mine was as divine and beautiful,<br \/>\nfilled with magical intuition.<\/p>\n<p>I, too, had a gut.<br \/>\nI needed only to tune in<br \/>\nand recognise my gut-feels.<br \/>\nAnd I could walk in \u2018heals\u2019<br \/>\nand feel okay, safe, and healthy<br \/>\nfor I am more than worthy.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, me.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MarLene W\ud83c\udf39 The lady-cord that helped me get my song back in tune, always an opportune, a friend, but not with queries or a diarised end. Another almost, yet like a mother, an advocate, but quite like the devil&#8217;s other. Just some body\u2014 but not just like anyone who ever had my back, I felt&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-3826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alasca-black.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alasca-black.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alasca-black.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alasca-black.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alasca-black.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3826"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alasca-black.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3829,"href":"https:\/\/alasca-black.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826\/revisions\/3829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alasca-black.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alasca-black.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alasca-black.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}