{"id":1293,"date":"2014-11-22T14:41:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T14:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2014-11-22T15:07:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T15:07:09","slug":"8-peace-out-poems-about-i-and-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=1293","title":{"rendered":"8 Peace Out Poems about I and me"},"content":{"rendered":"

1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hopefully \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 later
\nMe being me
\nMy unique blend
\nAdded flavor
\nTo the mix \u00a0 ~
\nMy character
\nAs a self
\nThe I<\/em>
\nIn \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 Individual
\nWas deemed
\nDiscernible
\nFrom the rest \u00a0 ~
\nEven if,
\nRemembered
\nAs some odd
\nAftertaste<\/p>\n

2<\/strong><\/p>\n

ain\u2019t gotta
\ndo it your way
\nnor am I<\/em> gonna
\ndo it your way
\n~ ~
\ndo you hear ME
\n~ ~
\nI<\/em> got my style
\nI<\/em> got my rhythm
\nI<\/em> got my ME on
\n~ ~
\ndo you see ME
\n~ ~
\ntry to know ME
\nwhether you
\nget ME or not
\n~ ~
\nhere I<\/em> am
\nright before you
\nI<\/em>, ME, that thistle
\namong them marigolds<\/p>\n

3<\/strong><\/p>\n

I<\/em> stand tall as a thorn
\namong them roses
\nlike the flaw in a gem
\n~ ~
\nmaybe not perfect
\nand yet something
\nvaluable to someone
\nwho sees my worth
\nworthy of notice
\nas if important
\nduring the scheme
\nof everything else
\n~ ~
\nso I<\/em> dream
\nso I<\/em> hope
\n~ ~
\nwithin my oddity<\/p>\n

I<\/em> walk
\nand then
\nI<\/em> feel
\nthe motion
\nof life
\nwithin me \u00a0 ~<\/p>\n

I<\/em> sit
\nand then
\nI<\/em> feel
\nthe stillness
\nof life
\nwithin me \u00a0 ~<\/p>\n

I<\/em> think
\nand then
\nI<\/em> feel
\nthe being
\nof life
\nwithin me \u00a0 ~<\/p>\n

I<\/em><\/p>\n

5<\/strong><\/p>\n

my fire
\nwithin
\nits inner
\nglow
\nis warm
\ntender
\nand
\nsoothing
\nas well as,
\nwillful
\nenduring
\nand
\ninspiring
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0 continually
\nburning
\nregardless \u00a0 \u00a0~
\ndespite all
\nobstacles
\nor malice
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0wanting
\nonly
\nto live
\nnot die
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0fighting,
\nstruggling,
\ngoing
\non and on<\/p>\n

6<\/strong><\/p>\n

I<\/em> am
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0me
\nwhat I<\/em>
\nthink
\nwithin
\nthought
\nI<\/em>
\nwill be<\/p>\n

me \u00a0 ~
\nI<\/em> am
\nwhat I<\/em>
\nthink
\nwithin
\nthought
\nI<\/em>
\nwas
\nme \u00a0 ~
\nI<\/em> am
\nwhat I<\/em>
\nwithin
\nthought
\nthink
\nI<\/em> am
\n~ \u00a0 me<\/p>\n

I<\/em> see
\nme
\nby those
\nI<\/em> see \u00a0 ~
\nI<\/em> see you
\nand also
\nhow you
\nsee me \u00a0 ~<\/p>\n

I<\/em> see
\nthen \u00a0 \u00a0~<\/p>\n

me
\nseeing
\nhow
\nI<\/em> see<\/p>\n

7<\/strong><\/p>\n

deep within me
\nseeded
\nis a spirit
\nwith a wanting
\nto be
\nway more
\nthan to live,
\nbut to go on
\n~\u00a0 even if,
\nmy reality
\nplaces burden
\nupon dreams
\nhope sustains
\nmy vigor
\nand vim
\nto overcome \u00a0 \u00a0~
\nforge a path,
\nbeing
\nan example
\nso others may
\ncarry on
\nthrough will
\nalone \u00a0 \u00a0~
\nif nothing else
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0 forever more<\/p>\n

8<\/strong><\/p>\n

I<\/em> am nothing but
\na little portion
\nwoven into
\nthe magical
\ntapestry \u00a0 \u00a0~
\ntogether
\nto comprise
\nall else \u00a0 \u00a0~
\nI<\/em> am nothing but
\none of many ~
\nmany individuals
\ntrying to know
\nthemselves
\nwhile learning
\nto live
\ncooperatively
\nwith other aspects
\nwithin the physical
\nwhole system
\nof all else
\ncalled Nature \u00a0 \u00a0~
\nI<\/em> am nothing but
\nmyself
\nat least
\njust enough
\nthrough my way
\nfrom all else
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0you\u2019ll
\ndiscern
\nand appreciate
\nwho I<\/em> am \u00a0 \u00a0~ \u00a0 me<\/p>\n

peace out<\/p>\n

Words by \u00a0 ~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n

Dedicated to my muse \u00a0– \u00a0KAP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 Hopefully \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 later Me being me My unique blend Added flavor To the mix \u00a0 ~ My character As a self The I In \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 Individual Was deemed Discernible From the rest \u00a0 ~ Even if, Remembered As some odd Aftertaste 2 ain\u2019t gotta do it your way nor am … Continue reading “8 Peace Out Poems about I and me”<\/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":[28,26,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kap","category-peaceoutpoems","category-muse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293","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=1293"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1297,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293\/revisions\/1297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}