{"id":1581,"date":"2014-08-23T11:13:46","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T15:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2014-08-23T11:13:46","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T15:13:46","slug":"eternal-optimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/eternal-optimism\/","title":{"rendered":"Eternal Optimism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scales of Justice<\/p>\n<p>Aptly my symbol.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Compelled to mediate.<\/p>\n<p>Longing for peace,<\/p>\n<p>understanding,<\/p>\n<p>in a world divided<\/p>\n<p>by extremes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I spend my days<\/p>\n<p>using my gifts,<\/p>\n<p>diplomatically debating:<\/p>\n<p>Why disagreeing doesn&#8217;t<\/p>\n<p>equal hate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Frustration finds me<\/p>\n<p>flailing in hopelessness.<\/p>\n<p>Words fall on deaf ears.<\/p>\n<p>Minds remain closed shut.<\/p>\n<p>Am I wasting my breath?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Could be, maybe, possibly.<\/p>\n<p>Though it matters not.<\/p>\n<p>My heart won&#8217;t let me sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Glass half full,<\/p>\n<p>I persevere.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scales of Justice Aptly my symbol. &nbsp; Compelled to mediate. Longing for peace, understanding, in a world divided by extremes. &nbsp; I spend my days using my gifts, diplomatically debating: Why disagreeing doesn&#8217;t equal hate. &nbsp; Frustration finds me flailing in hopelessness. Words fall on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1604,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581\/revisions\/1604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}