{"id":467,"date":"2016-06-14T07:42:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T11:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.wordpress.com\/?p=467"},"modified":"2016-11-17T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T16:15:08","slug":"the-december-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/14\/the-december-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"the december wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>it starts as an action<br \/>\ninaction, overreaction<br \/>\none that leads to<br \/>\nrunning in circles<br \/>\nhiding, as all our heroes<br \/>\nbecome tragic figures<br \/>\nin these days<br \/>\nmad rebels remember in youth<br \/>\nwhat they\u2019ve lost in old age<br \/>\nand you stand ready<br \/>\nto overthrow the king<br \/>\nhoping that one day<br \/>\nit won\u2019t be you<\/p>\n<p>because this house is<br \/>\na casino filled with<br \/>\nopportunity and indifference<br \/>\nwhere confidence and realism<br \/>\nwage an eternal battle, and<br \/>\namong the festivals and visions<br \/>\nanxious and unwilling to speak<br \/>\nthe boy missed the mark<\/p>\n<p>outside glamour<br \/>\nthe prophet stands surreal<br \/>\noffering guidance<br \/>\nhard pressed wisdom<br \/>\nalmost too tough to swallow<br \/>\nand who was that by your side?<br \/>\nled by distractions<br \/>\nhustled by the working class-less<br \/>\nthere\u2019s just too much going on here<br \/>\ntruth<br \/>\nperspective<br \/>\nand then you cry<br \/>\nyou cry for the mistakes<br \/>\nthe loss of who you were<br \/>\nthe moment not seized<br \/>\nyou cry for their gluttony<br \/>\nand a hunger that can\u2019t be filled<br \/>\nyou cry for the children who\u2019ve been<br \/>\nscarred by your apathy<\/p>\n<p>looking outside the window it\u2019s cold<br \/>\nand something is falling<br \/>\nwhat is going on?<br \/>\n\u201cit\u2019s the december wind\u201d he replied<br \/>\neven over miles and cultures<br \/>\nwe are all brothers<br \/>\nand karma never fails to find us<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/141-the-december-wind.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-918 size-escutcheon-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/141-the-december-wind-146x200.jpg\" alt=\"141-the-december-wind\" width=\"146\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/141-the-december-wind-146x200.jpg 146w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/141-the-december-wind-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/141-the-december-wind.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467","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=467"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1016,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467\/revisions\/1016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}