{"id":225,"date":"2026-09-14T23:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T06:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journal.igarachi.com\/?p=225"},"modified":"2026-09-15T15:05:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T22:05:36","slug":"ajar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journal.igarachi.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/14\/ajar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ajar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With every new pair of irises sitting across some random table,<br>At a random place,<br>I hear the same stories wearing different details.<br>Different voices blending beautifully in unison.<br>Am I listening to you or to them right now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not a tragedy either way.<br>I\u2019m sure my voice is also merging with so many others on your side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I watch distinct smiles form.<br>Some teeth are more crooked than others<br>But they all warm me in their own way.<br>It\u2019s funny how they imprint on my brain way easier than any other characteristic of yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t even know if I\u2019ll ever hear an \u201cI love you\u201d coming from you.<br>I\u2019m not holding my breath for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are we even going to see each other again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does that even matter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While I hold your hand<br>And taste your lips<br>I\u2019m all yours<br>And you\u2019re all mine.<br>Our stories don\u2019t matter<br>As long as our bodies are entangled<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This may all end in a couple of hours<br>Ephemeral like a fleeting dream<br>Though no one is dreaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our paths might no longer cross<br>That\u2019s probably the closest we\u2019ll get to our shared happily ever after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I might take something from you with me.<br>You might do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be a stranger.<br>Or don\u2019t\u2026<br>If we\u2019re lucky, and flip a coin<br>What are the odds that we\u2019ll both choose the same outcome?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before I forget\u2026<br>When you leave, can you leave the door ajar, please?<br>I like the glimmer that comes from the corridor.<br>It reminds me there\u2019s still light out there.<br>For now I\u2019ll just rely on my own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With every new pair of irises sitting across some random table,At a random place,I hear the same stories wearing different details.Different voices blending beautifully in unison.Am I listening to you or to them right now? It\u2019s not a tragedy either way.I\u2019m sure my voice is also merging with so many others on your side. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journal.igarachi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journal.igarachi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journal.igarachi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journal.igarachi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journal.igarachi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/journal.igarachi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229,"href":"https:\/\/journal.igarachi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journal.igarachi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journal.igarachi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journal.igarachi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}