{"id":2128,"date":"2025-06-06T08:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T00:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kpoem.com\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2025-11-09T08:10:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:10:04","slug":"rights-on-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kpoem.com\/en\/2025\/06\/06\/rights-on-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights on Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have the right to create<\/p>\n<p>I have the right to make a wreath for an abandoned pet.<\/p>\n<p>To write a prescription for a child in a hospital bed.<\/p>\n<p>To create a tender box for the spirit.<\/p>\n<p>To write the first love poem of my life to my soul.<\/p>\n<p>I have the right to be alone.<\/p>\n<p>Like a firefly exploring the forest alone in midsummer.<\/p>\n<p>Like a reef in the Malaysian shallows in the sunset.<\/p>\n<p>The hero of every late-night meditation.<\/p>\n<p>Walking down endless corridors, playing with cats and sunsets.<\/p>\n<p>I have the right to sympathise<\/p>\n<p>I sympathise with the blossom that never kisses the morning sun.<\/p>\n<p>Sympathy for the butterfly that says there are only three seasons in life.<\/p>\n<p>Sympathy for the vagabonds in the cold autumn<\/p>\n<p>Let them stay a few nights in my poems.<\/p>\n<p>I also have the right to repent<\/p>\n<p>I regret my greed, wanting one more flower than spring.<\/p>\n<p>I blame the egret for not stopping by my window when spring returns.<\/p>\n<p>Regretting unprotected compassion<\/p>\n<p>I wasted the antidote in the devil&#8217;s mouth.<\/p>\n<p>When I was young, the judge decided the end.<\/p>\n<p>I was arrested and imprisoned.<\/p>\n<p>Behind me, a helpless self-speak<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Child, you&#8217;ve forgotten that being loved is a right<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have the right to create I have the right to make a wreath for an abandoned pet. To write a prescription for a child in<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-poetry-en","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kpoem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kpoem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kpoem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kpoem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kpoem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.kpoem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2129,"href":"http:\/\/www.kpoem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128\/revisions\/2129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kpoem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kpoem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kpoem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kpoem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}