{"id":12523,"date":"2020-04-29T00:27:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T18:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2020\/04\/29\/napowrimo-day\/"},"modified":"2020-04-29T00:27:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T18:57:02","slug":"napowrimo-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/29\/napowrimo-day\/","title":{"rendered":"What If I Run Out Of Words? #NaPoWriMo Day 22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/04\/img_20200423_000642_866.jpg?w=240\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12522\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>I wonder if I&#8217;ll ever run out of words<br \/>Sometimes I fear I will run out of words<br \/>But if I do<br \/>Will you still stay?<br \/>When I&#8217;m stumbling over letters<br \/>When I&#8217;m lost and numb<br \/>When I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;ll ever get my voice back<br \/>Are we capable of enjoying each other&#8217;s silence?<br \/>Or will it be much for you?<br \/>Will it be too real for you?<br \/>I think that&#8217;s just my delusional optimism<br \/>You won&#8217;t stay because you&#8217;ll be bored<br \/>You won&#8217;t stay because shiny toys are just plastic when the newness wears off<br \/>I don&#8217;t blame you<br \/>There are few who stay<br \/>Not for what someone gives them<br \/>But for who they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Tavleen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Connect with me on&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tavleen_words\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tavleensoni\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user\/show\/32793447-tavleen-kaur\">Goodreads<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tavleen-words.tumblr.com\/\">Tumblr<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/29\/napowrimo-day\/#more-12523\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What If I Run Out Of Words? #NaPoWriMo Day 22<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[319,320,349,352,500],"class_list":["post-12523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-writings","tag-napowrimo","tag-napowrimo-2020","tag-poem","tag-poetry","tag-write-up"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12554,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/01\/ill-keep-writing-napowrimo-30\/","url_meta":{"origin":12523,"position":0},"title":"I&#8217;ll Keep Writing #NaPoWriMo 30","date":"May 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"For as long as I can rememberI have woken up each dayWith a to-do list in my headIt's not such a bad thingI've always been a girl with a planBut what my over-ambitious and optimistic brain doesn't comprehendIs that the best laid plansMay not even be decent plansThey may turn\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My Writings&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/nope2-640x640.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12479,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/11\/a-walk-through-the-bygone-eras-napowrimo-day-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":12523,"position":1},"title":"A Walk Through The Bygone Eras &#8211; #NaPoWriMo Day 10","date":"April 11, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Give me the lace and frills.Give me the dances and balls.I'll bring my carriageWe'll visit estates afar.And when the morning comes,We'll have tea and treacle tart.Give me all theenchanting, extravagant, and elaborateThings of the bygone eras.But keep me awayFrom the domesticity, docility and demurity.You won't see me wearingA corset so\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My Writings&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_20200411_175037_926.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13584,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/10\/life-is-harder-but-we-must-work-harder-napowrimo-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":12523,"position":2},"title":"Life is harder, but we must work harder &#8211; #NaPoWriMo 7","date":"April 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Life is hard,But we must work harder. 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