{"id":2143,"date":"2025-05-09T04:12:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T04:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/the-agony-when-the-dream-dies\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T04:12:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T04:12:52","slug":"the-agony-when-the-dream-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/the-agony-when-the-dream-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Agony When the Dream Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alas, the agony<br>\nwhen the dream dies<br>\nand the love ends.<\/p>\n<p>Something that seemed<br>\nimpossible when they first met.<\/p>\n<p>But after the newness<br>\nand the excitement wore off,<\/p>\n<p>they got too used to each other<br>\nand the newness and the excitement<br>\nbegan to get dull.<\/p>\n<p>Though she was beautiful<br>\nand he was handsome,<\/p>\n<p>the looks that initially attracted<br>\nthem to each other had lost the allure.<\/p>\n<p>Now they&#8217;re in a divorce court fighting<br>\nover custody of their kids.<\/p>\n<p>Their love has turned to<br>\nsquabbles and hate<br>\ndespite how perfect their<br>\nlove seemed in the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Sad, love sometimes ends that<br>\nway.<\/p>\n<p>Give me the fairy tales where<br>\nlove never ends badly.<br>\nHearts are never broken.<br>\nAnd love always lasts.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alas, the agony when the dream dies and the love ends. Something that seemed impossible when they first met. But after the newness and the excitement wore off, they got too used to each other and the newness and the excitement began to get dull. Though she was beautiful and he was handsome, the looks&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/the-agony-when-the-dream-dies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}