{"id":76534,"date":"2020-06-28T08:24:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T12:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=76534"},"modified":"2020-08-03T12:19:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T16:19:50","slug":"searching-for-enlightenment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/searching-for-enlightenment\/","title":{"rendered":"Searching for Enlightenment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Searching for Enlightenment<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t seem like we are on the same path-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You do yoga.<\/p>\n<p>I blast rock and roll.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You inhabit a balanced life,<\/p>\n<p>Mine is in chaos.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You sit pranayama in matching yoga togs,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m in gritty work clothes and muddy boots.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But we are both looking for the infinite,<\/p>\n<p>We both seek peace.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You may be serene by the sea,<\/p>\n<p>Seeking calm with measured breaths<\/p>\n<p>and looking for infinity on a pristine beach.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m rocking and roaring down the interstate<\/p>\n<p>Purging the assholes from my head with raging rhythm<\/p>\n<p>Submerging in the sound<\/p>\n<p>My spiritual packed between my life\u2019s commitments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My music is shredding the drudgery,<\/p>\n<p>Burning out the jerks<\/p>\n<p>Windows rattling, blasting down the interstate<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am at peace.<\/p>\n<p>Bette Low<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Searching for Enlightenment &nbsp; It doesn\u2019t seem like we are on the same path- &nbsp; You do yoga. I blast rock and roll. &nbsp; You inhabit a balanced life, Mine is in chaos. &nbsp; You sit pranayama in matching yoga togs, I\u2019m in gritty work&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1437,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76534","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\/1437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76534"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79986,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76534\/revisions\/79986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}