{"id":13086,"date":"1982-08-10T16:26:36","date_gmt":"1982-08-10T22:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=13086"},"modified":"2019-06-20T19:21:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T01:21:56","slug":"to-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/?p=13086","title":{"rendered":"To Power&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>To power, which we all seek and to peace which we all abhor.<\/h3>\n<p>The world is a wonderful place<br \/>\nthe animal and plants so free<br \/>\nBut man has no god-given right<br \/>\nto destroy all that it can see<\/p>\n<p>Of his own existence he cares not<br \/>\nand only in death can he see<br \/>\nwhat a terrifying mess of<br \/>\nwhat he does to the world can be<\/p>\n<p>As if his pain and tribulations<br \/>\nare not enough penance to pay<br \/>\nHe plods along destroying<br \/>\nand for forgiveness, to god he prays<\/p>\n<p>Why is his life so pitiful<br \/>\nWhat is his reason for pain<br \/>\nMan never wanted good fortune<br \/>\nand on this world&#8217;s peace there is a stain<\/p>\n<p>He has never contributed to good<br \/>\nbut has taken all that he can<br \/>\nFrom something god has created<br \/>\nWe are left with a blight called Man<\/p>\n<p>To rid the world of its horror<br \/>\nto bring back peace and good will<br \/>\nWhat has to be done to hope<br \/>\nthat someday death will have its fill.<\/p>\n<p>And then maybe a new life<br \/>\nWith peace and tranquility for all<br \/>\nwill emerge in our now shattered creation<br \/>\nAnd man can stand proud &amp; tall<\/p>\n<p>So work at your love and compassion<br \/>\nDiscard all the greed &amp; the pain<br \/>\nCollect your thoughts about you<br \/>\nto make new that which is insane<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Wow. 19-year old me was pretty morbid.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To power, which we all seek and to peace which we all abhor. The world is a wonderful place the animal and plants so free But man has no god-given right to destroy all that it can see Of his own existence he cares not and only in death can he see what a terrifying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13086"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13095,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13086\/revisions\/13095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macblaze.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}