{"id":1447,"date":"2018-03-15T20:52:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T00:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=1447"},"modified":"2018-03-15T20:52:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T00:52:13","slug":"balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/15\/balance\/","title":{"rendered":"balance"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

i am
\na constant contradiction
\nunity in opposition
\nacceptance and resistance<\/p>\n

all paths split in two
\nwith
\npatience vs impulsiveness
\nleading to
\ndirection or spontaneity<\/p>\n

shielded or exposed
\ncautious or carefree<\/p>\n

logic vs emotion
\nintuition or reason
\nattachment and detachment
\nseeking to experience
\nlove in the midst of hate
\nto know when to stay
\nto know when to walk away<\/p>\n

sex vs abstinence
\nlife vs death
\nmale and female
\nyin and yang
\nthe claw or the fang<\/p>\n

when to be a warrior
\nwhen to be a diplomat<\/p>\n

to speak or to write
\nto trust blindly
\nor to gather sight
\nto do what feels good
\nor to do what feels right<\/p>\n

hidden comfort in the night
\nfight or flight
\ndark vs light<\/p>\n

the warmth of the sun
\nand shadows of the moon
\nembraced by both
\nbut never immune<\/p>\n

meditation
\nor trepidation
\nsurrounded at times
\nby noise or silence<\/p>\n

flesh and spirit
\nheart and mind
\nanimal vs man
\nan uncertain struggle<\/p>\n

the certainty of order
\nand the beauty of chaos
\nheld within the choice of
\nstruggle vs submission<\/p>\n

knowledge vs ignorance
\nfreedom vs slavery
\nemployed or unemployed
\neducated or experienced<\/p>\n

cats or dogs
\ninsects and frogs
\ntrucks
\nor cars
\nstreet lights
\nor distant stars<\/p>\n

urban vs rural
\nfire vs water
\nearth vs air
\nto be greedy
\nor to share<\/p>\n

north of heaven
\nor
\nsouth of hell<\/p>\n

standing sober
\nor sitting drunk
\nhigh as kite
\nor straight as a monk<\/p>\n

individualism or conformity
\nold fashion
\nor new fashion
\ntechnology or simplicity
\ndistance or synchronicity<\/p>\n

when to start
\nand when to end
\nthe one true faith
\nin balance I comprehend
\n\"226-balance\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-1447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-balance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1449,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447\/revisions\/1449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}