{"id":27544,"date":"2016-08-14T05:16:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T09:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=27544"},"modified":"2016-08-14T05:16:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T09:16:56","slug":"20-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/20-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"#20 – Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"

I possess no answers
\n<\/span><\/span>I carry only questions,
\n<\/span><\/span>but not near many enough,
\n<\/span><\/span>nor, any that are too close to the truth.<\/p>\n

I will not lead
\n<\/span><\/span>I am not a leader,
\n<\/span><\/span>but I will walk a certain path
\n<\/span><\/span>and you may choose
\n<\/span><\/span>to turn right or left,
\n<\/span><\/span>or, you may stay where you are,
\n<\/span><\/span>or, come along with me.
\n<\/span><\/span>However, returning is never an option.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We will talk along the way,
\n<\/span><\/span>sharing ourselves,
\n<\/span><\/span>or, those things that we can,
\n<\/span><\/span>or, that we allow ourselves
\n<\/span><\/span>Sometimes the truth
\n<\/span><\/span>Sometimes not
\n<\/span><\/span>Sometimes it won’t really matter,
\n<\/span><\/span>it may be what we wish were true,
\n<\/span><\/span>which is nearly the same<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Others may join us.
\n<\/span><\/span>Many. Though most, will not
\n<\/span><\/span>Some of those may despise us,
\n<\/span><\/span>or, wear the green shrouds of envy,
\n<\/span><\/span>and we all will depart
\n<\/span><\/span>before we understand why.<\/span><\/p>\n

I will follow you, for a way, if you wish
\n<\/span><\/span>If you understand life’s aloneness
\n<\/span><\/span>and the need for each to find their way.
\n<\/span><\/span>We swirl about in chaos,
\n<\/span><\/span>thinking there is a way unknown to us
\n<\/span><\/span>You know your direction
\n<\/span><\/span>and I know my path leads somewhere else<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I possess no answers I carry only questions, but not near many enough, nor, any that are too close to the truth. I will not lead I am not a leader, but I will walk a certain path and you may choose to turn right…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":806,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1177,1253,1543],"class_list":["post-27544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","tag-chowilawu","tag-gislason","tag-nikiwan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27544","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\/806"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27570,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27544\/revisions\/27570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}