{"id":61814,"date":"2020-06-27T11:59:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T15:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=61814"},"modified":"2020-06-27T11:59:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T15:59:57","slug":"step-out-written-for-hour-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/step-out-written-for-hour-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Step Out (written for Hour 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Summer sun and winter cold<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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are nothing compared<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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to the darkness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Warmth and light,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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cold and chill<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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can be felt,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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but<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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deep<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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dark<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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void<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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is empty,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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nothing,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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a dangerous place<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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where<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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numbness<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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is contentment,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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and complacency<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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feels right.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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No growth happens<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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without rays of sunshine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And no awareness<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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is present<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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without feeling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Awaken to the world<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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that has erupted<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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into chaos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Walk into the fray<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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and be the peace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bring a love for all,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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show compassion<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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for every soul.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Do not let the wrongs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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go unnoticed,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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and do not let<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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the voices of justice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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and mercy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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be silent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summer sun and winter cold are nothing compared to the darkness. Warmth and light, cold and chill can be felt, but deep dark void is empty, nothing, a dangerous place where numbness is contentment, and complacency feels right. No growth happens without rays of sunshine….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1224,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12],"tags":[23,355],"class_list":["post-61814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-musings","tag-life","tag-poetry-marathon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61814","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\/1224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64241,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61814\/revisions\/64241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}