{"id":1307,"date":"2019-05-16T22:28:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T21:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stjosvox.co.uk\/?p=1307"},"modified":"2019-05-20T08:49:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T07:49:11","slug":"i-am-a-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stjosvox.co.uk\/?p=1307","title":{"rendered":"I Am A Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An Inspirational  poem Created by Year 12 Student Vibhash Gunasene, commenting on issues surrounding Race and Identity <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stjosvox.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vib18_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1402\" width=\"328\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.stjosvox.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vib18_.jpg 218w, http:\/\/www.stjosvox.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vib18_-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><figcaption>Vibhash&#8217;s Book of Poetry -Alone <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> I\u2019m a boy-<br>I\u2019m a mistake<br>Within a world of perfect<br>Failing to do the right thing<br>A taken chance, leading to a world of debt<br>I\u2019m a problem<br>Within a world of solution<br>Struggling to make myself right<br>An unfortunate highlight,within the population<br>I\u2019m a voice<br>Within a world of whispers<br>Unable to start a conversation<br>I shout and scream but there are no listeners<br>I\u2019m a second<br>Within a world of minutes<br>Attempting to keep on ticking<br>I am infinite in every direction<br>I\u2019m a single stone<br>Within a world of rocks<br>Striving to lay on the surface<br>Unnoticed, broken, mocked<br>I\u2019m a drop of water<br>Within a still river<br>Fighting to move forward<br>But the river is to scared to shiver<br>I\u2019m a boy<br>A boy with brown skin<br>A boy with a gold chain on his neck<br>A boy people are afraid of because he\u2019s<br>A boy with different ideology<br>One that refuses conformity<br>One that promotes love and morality<br>One that believes we are family<br>One that will forever carry the weight of the world;<br>Until there is change<br>I will hold the heavy weight of the world<br>Until love makes us light<br>Until then<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Inspirational poem Created by Year 12 Student Vibhash Gunasene, commenting on issues surrounding Race and Identity I\u2019m a boy-I\u2019m a mistakeWithin a world of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stjosvox.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stjosvox.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stjosvox.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stjosvox.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stjosvox.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1307"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.stjosvox.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1403,"href":"http:\/\/www.stjosvox.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307\/revisions\/1403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stjosvox.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stjosvox.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stjosvox.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stjosvox.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}