{"id":2134,"date":"2017-09-06T05:31:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T13:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wordsareshadows.us\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2017-09-06T05:31:59","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T13:31:59","slug":"times-fulfillment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsareshadows.us\/?p=2134","title":{"rendered":"TIME&#8217;S FULFILLMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TIME&#8217;S FULFILLMENT<\/p>\n<p>I am looking forward to a life<br \/>\nWithout anxiety and<br \/>\nConstant subtle scrutiny.<br \/>\nHow do you think it feels<br \/>\nTo be measured and judged daily,<br \/>\nOn the basis of how to dress and look?<br \/>\nEach word said,<br \/>\n-placed-<br \/>\nOn a scale and compared.<br \/>\nHow do you think it feels<br \/>\nTo matter not as a person<br \/>\nWith feelings and caring dreams?<br \/>\nSuperficial appearances overshadow<br \/>\nAny common human values.<br \/>\nDo intellect, honesty, and integrity<br \/>\nNot matter anymore?<br \/>\nAm I not a human being<br \/>\nWith an intellect and a vision<br \/>\nTo create?<br \/>\nIf my intellect does<br \/>\nNot matter to you,<br \/>\nWhy should yours<br \/>\nMatter to me?<br \/>\nThe rule of give and take,<br \/>\nApplied in a healthy exchange,<br \/>\nNourishes everything.<br \/>\nI gave you far too much credit<br \/>\nThan you deserved.<br \/>\nNow, I take back what<br \/>\nHas always belonged to me.<br \/>\nMy life, my self-reliance, my pride<br \/>\nIn things accomplished.<br \/>\nTime creates fulfillment,<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m part of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a9 2017 MUSE (Ute Sonja Elisabeth Medley)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TIME&#8217;S FULFILLMENT I am looking forward to a life Without anxiety and Constant subtle scrutiny. How do you think it feels To be measured and judged daily, On the basis of how to dress and look? Each word said, -placed- On a scale and compared. How do you think it feels To matter not as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsareshadows.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsareshadows.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsareshadows.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsareshadows.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsareshadows.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsareshadows.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2135,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsareshadows.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134\/revisions\/2135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsareshadows.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsareshadows.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsareshadows.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}