{"id":294,"date":"2026-04-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/?p=294"},"modified":"2026-06-24T23:59:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T04:59:55","slug":"sea-foam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/writing\/sea-foam\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Foam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Blog-55-Seafoam-4.07.2026.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Blog-55-Seafoam-4.07.2026.png 940w, https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Blog-55-Seafoam-4.07.2026-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Blog-55-Seafoam-4.07.2026-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have always known this part of you existed. Now and then your mask will slip and that\u2019s when I glimpse it. A haunting darkness floating just beneath your glittering surface. Untamed. Held down with scotch tape, just barely restrained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Standing on the shore where the two sides of you meet. I am filled with disgust<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">as your darkness like seafoam covers my feet. An oily caress clinging to my love as slow steady leach. Swirling your version of the truth with confidence and emotional appeal attempting to drag me into the deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each lapping word is a calculated weapon. History begins repeating and I am left retreating, backing from your rising tide.&nbsp; Black frothy foam builds with every carefully crafted lie. Rolling one after another in destructive waves that rage against nature\u2019s boundary line. So determined to be right, refusing to see you are losing the fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fast as a blink the roiling waters cease. All the way to the horizon, nothing but beautiful, calm, and ever clever seas. But I have stood on this very shore, and I have stepped into your tepid welcoming waters before. Naivety and love allowing me to be deceived. Trapped in the grip of an under toe you made sure no one could have seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where does the seafoam go when it no longer atop cresting waves floats? Maybe it seeps deep into the sand only creeping up when the pressure of feet disrupts the land. Maybe it fades back into the receding waves. Maybe it lifts with the breeze allowing itself to drift and sway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No matter which you say, I know, the seafoam never really goes away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have always known this part of you existed. Now and then your mask will slip and that\u2019s when I glimpse it. A haunting darkness floating just beneath your glittering surface. Untamed. Held down with scotch tape, just barely restrained. Standing on the shore where the two sides of you meet. I am filled with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions\/296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}