{"id":2683,"date":"2025-09-20T22:02:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T22:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/different-planets\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T22:02:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T22:02:23","slug":"different-planets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/different-planets\/","title":{"rendered":"Different Planets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s like you and I are from different planets,<br>\nNothing in common, so freakin\u2019 far apart.<br>\nHow the hell did we ever get together?<br>\nSure you are beautiful, and you think I look good too,<br>\nBut is this only a superficial, never lasting love?<br>\nOr despite the agonizing differences, are we really a couple?<br>\nHave we spent six months and two weeks together for nothing?<br>\nAnd what about the I love yous, need yous, want yous,<br>\nWere those endearments as hollow as the inside of a bell?<br>\nI mean why are we even together, why the hell are we so badly yoked?<br>\nSometimes you drive me so crazy I feel like copycatting those people who jump off buildings.<br>\nSeriously, you drive me insanely crazy like that and make me an emotional maniac.<\/p>\n<p>What? What did you say?<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf you feel our relationship is so painful and dysfunctional, why don\u2019t you leave?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t leave because it would hurt more to be without you.<br>\nBecause I\u2019d be driven even crazier from not having you in my life.<br>\nBecause despite my inane complaints, my insipid rantings, I need you.<br>\nAnd because I love you beyond words, beyond reason, and beyond anything and everything.<br>\nAnd I\u2019m sorry, and I promise I\u2019ll stop these stupid, deal breaking rantings.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s like you and I are from different planets, Nothing in common, so freakin\u2019 far apart. How the hell did we ever get together? Sure you are beautiful, and you think I look good too, But is this only a superficial, never lasting love? Or despite the agonizing differences, are we really a couple? Have&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/different-planets\/\">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\/2683"}],"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=2683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}