{"id":12405,"date":"2020-04-03T02:03:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T20:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=12405"},"modified":"2020-04-03T02:03:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T20:33:11","slug":"our-places-napowrimo-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/03\/our-places-napowrimo-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Places &#8211; #NaPoWriMo Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/04\/image.png?w=879\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12406\" width=\"384\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image.png 1099w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-879x1024.png 879w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-768x894.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That stadium where we first met.<br>Just you and me and a thousand other people.<br>Fate or luck.<br>Doesn&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That bookshop where you found me.<br>Three days later.<br>Enthralled by pages.<br>By then, enthralled by you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those walls that heard us laugh.<br>Never getting tired of our conversations<br>Gave us a place to just be.<br>I swear\u2014just those four walls\u2014set me free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A thousand new strangers.<br>Many other enchanted readers.<br>Few more first conversations.<br>The trace of you and me, long gone.<br>But I still call them all.<br>Our places<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Tavleen    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Connect with me on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tavleen_words\/\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tavleensoni\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user\/show\/32793447-tavleen-kaur\">Goodreads<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tavleen-words.tumblr.com\/\"><strong>Tumblr<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/03\/our-places-napowrimo-day-2\/#more-12405\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; 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