{"id":2630,"date":"2025-09-05T18:34:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/it-all-seemed-so-pointless\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:34:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:34:58","slug":"it-all-seemed-so-pointless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/it-all-seemed-so-pointless\/","title":{"rendered":"It All Seemed So Pointless"},"content":{"rendered":"

At first their love was imbued with bliss.
\nEveryday felt wonderful, nearly ecstatic.
\nThey knew their love was never ending.
\nAfter about six months they couldn\u2019t
\nbelieve the initial euphoria had passed.
\nTheir love dimmed. Arguments ensued.
\nThey gradually began drifting apart,
\nrealizing they had nothing in common.
\nIn the end when she left him for another,
\nand the mirage of true love faded away
\nto him it all seemed so pointless, and
\nhe never got fooled by love again.<\/p>\n

Bob Boyd <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At first their love was imbued with bliss. Everyday felt wonderful, nearly ecstatic. They knew their love was never ending. After about six months they couldn\u2019t believe the initial euphoria had passed. Their love dimmed. Arguments ensued. They gradually began drifting apart, realizing they had nothing in common. In the end when she left him… Continue reading →<\/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\/2630"}],"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=2630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}