{"id":16620,"date":"2025-09-18T15:50:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosedreams.net\/blog\/?p=16620"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:43:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:43:59","slug":"i-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosedreams.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/i-remain\/","title":{"rendered":"I remain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poetry isn\u2019t about structure or rhyme\u2014it is about truth set on fire.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They said I cannot write poetry\u2014
\nbut they mistake structure for truth.
\nPoetry is no prisoner of rules\u2014
\nit is wild flame,
\nbreaking its own borders,
\nbreathing in defiance.<\/p>\n

If my words unsettle you,
\nif they press against your fear,
\nthen why linger here,
\nstanding guard at the edges of my fire?<\/p>\n

I remain here\u2014
\nunyielding,
\nunsilenced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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