never been a follower \u00a0~ \u00a0more the doer type
\ndoin\u2019 for others and myself\u2026.. \u00a0 I’ve taken the lead
\nstepped up to the plate \u00a0~ \u00a0laid down the bunt
\nwhen necessary and even would give \u2026..
\nthe ultimate sacrifice \u00a0~ \u00a0if I choose to do so
\nfar from perfect I am
\nmany the mistake I\u2019ve made
\nnot looking for a pat on the back
\nI just want the freedom to be me
\ndo my thing\u2026\u2026 \u00a0my way
\nbefore God \u00a0~ \u00a0Nature and Humanity
\nof course
\nI live
\ncooperatively
\nwith others
\nthey don\u2019t have to believe
\nthe way I do
\n~ \u00a0 and yet
\nwill they let me \u00a0~ \u00a0be tolerant of me
\nwithout me having to suffer
\ncommendation or retaliation
\nin the streets or in the halls of silence
\nif not\u2026\u2026\u00a0\u00a0I refuse to follow their way
\nstay true to myself \u00a0~ \u00a0be the doer \u00a0~ \u00a0take the lead
\nthrough acceptance \u00a0~ \u00a0not agreement
\nI\u2019ll exhibit patience and tolerance for them<\/p>\n
peace out<\/p>\n
Words by \u00a0 \u00a0~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
never been a follower \u00a0~ \u00a0more the doer type doin\u2019 for others and myself\u2026.. \u00a0 I’ve taken the lead stepped up to the plate \u00a0~ \u00a0laid down the bunt when necessary and even would give \u2026.. the ultimate sacrifice \u00a0~ \u00a0if I choose to do so far from perfect I am many the mistake I\u2019ve … Continue reading “patience and tolerance”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-peaceoutpoems","category-muse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1051,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions\/1051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}