{"id":18309,"date":"2016-08-13T10:31:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T14:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=18309"},"modified":"2016-08-13T21:54:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T01:54:43","slug":"18309","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/18309\/","title":{"rendered":"Believing"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I Believe:<\/strong> Write your personal credo of things you believe in.”<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Believing.<\/p>\n

Belief is..a strange thing.<\/p>\n

It can only exist<\/p>\n

From within, and only<\/p>\n

Thrive on what cannot be seen or touched or felt..<\/p>\n

Except in the most<\/p>\n

Unconventional of ways.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Curious. Very curious, this thing called belief.<\/p>\n

Biased and strange and dangerous and powerful too.<\/p>\n

They say she’s\u00a0crazy for<\/p>\n

Believing ghosts exist. But,<\/p>\n

Who are you to tell\u00a0her<\/p>\n

The world we know it exists?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Belief is like<\/p>\n

Knowing you exist somewhere within<\/p>\n

The realm of Tangible things..like bedcovers, computers and cellphones<\/p>\n

And also knowing that you could possibly exist<\/p>\n

No where. at All.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Plato got it right the first time. What is truly reality, what is truth, which do we choose<\/p>\n

to have faith in?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Belief is trust. It’s trusting that the Universe has a set laws of nature<\/p>\n

That we know nothing about, but can merely guess.<\/p>\n

It’s trusting that<\/p>\n

What goes around comes around. Or that<\/p>\n

God is real and not all-powerful or he is all-powerful but apathetic.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Who are you to tell me<\/p>\n

What to believe in?<\/p>\n

Who am I? To condemn you<\/p>\n

Or rebuke you<\/p>\n

For your beliefs?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Belief is knowing that even though<\/p>\n

I was a simple fuck to boys who like to call themselves men<\/p>\n

I am not my mistakes, I am not my shame, and I am not<\/p>\n

Accountable for anyone else’s standards<\/p>\n

But my own.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Belief is knowing that God is kind, patient and loving<\/p>\n

It’s knowing that even though atheists and polytheists rebuke Him<\/p>\n

He will still let them into Heaven if they were good people to other Human Beings.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Belief is knowing that Kenneth Hernandez will always have<\/p>\n

Love for me, and I for him<\/p>\n

And it’s believing that I can be happy and loving towards another<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Belief is knowing that no amount of money, nor jewelry, nor any<\/p>\n

Tangible thing on this godforsaken earth<\/p>\n

Will fulfill me.<\/p>\n

It’s knowing that kindness, compassion, passion, unconditional love, and<\/p>\n

writing my itty bitty big heart out<\/p>\n

On a piece of paper, will always bring me a happiness that<\/p>\n

This materialistic, patriarchal world never could.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Belief is acceptance. It’s accepting the past for what it is<\/p>\n

And accepting the future for whatever will come. It’s<\/p>\n

Accepting yourself and others, good, bad, or indifferent.
\nIt’s accepting that you can walk on water, and people will still say you cannot swim.<\/p>\n

And it’s accepting that having faith in the intangible<\/p>\n

Gifts we call life, love, passion, and kindness<\/p>\n

Are the only things worth believing in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“I Believe: Write your personal credo of things you believe in.”   Believing. Belief is..a strange thing. It can only exist From within, and only Thrive on what cannot be seen or touched or felt.. Except in the most Unconventional of ways.   Curious. Very…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":761,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-miscellaneous","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18309","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\/761"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18309"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18616,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18309\/revisions\/18616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}