{"id":2199,"date":"2015-11-18T10:29:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T10:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=2199"},"modified":"2016-01-03T15:27:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T15:27:03","slug":"if-bertie-can-so-can-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=2199","title":{"rendered":"if Bertie can ~ SO CAN I"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dedicated to my Muse RLF as she lives the day to day struggle associated with MS and Fibromyalgia.<\/p>\n

as I ran those finishing
\nmiles …. \u00a0of the Richmond
\nVirginia Marathon
\nthis performance artist
\ndressed in all black with a hood
\nan artist using art to create change
\nfor all THE HUMAN RACE
\nregardless
\nof skin color
\nsex
\ngender
\nnationality
\nethnicity
\nculture
\nor way of belief
\nI’m running this race
\nfrom start to finish
\nto create
\nthis breathing
\ndynamic
\nand proactive
\nbody metaphor
\ntoday
\nfor all watching to see
\nto promote my
\nSlavery in America
\nImage with Words Collection
\n~ \u00a0Virginia Edition
\nexhibited\u00a0in
\nThe Urban Individualists Gallery
\nat Art Works
\non Hull Street in Richmond
\n….. my thoughts drift back
\nto all those
\nearly morning hours
\nhow hard it was to get
\nmy old and achy
\narthritic body going
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0stretching it
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0twisting it
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0rotating it
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0strengthening it
\nthose 400 stomach crunches
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0drinking plenty of water
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0sticking\u00a0into my mouth
\na vitamin and an Aleve
\nbefore stepping outside
\ninto the darkness
\nthe hot to\u00a0the cold
\nI’d say to myself
\nif Bertie can
\nget up and moving
\nas she lives
\nher day to day struggle
\nassociated with MS and Fibromyalgia
\nSO CAN I
\nI will lose the weight
\nimprove my health
\nI will run that marathon
\nto show all I love
\nTHE HUMAN RACE
\nI am living a life
\nwith a purpose
\nnot just living a life
\nthat spiritually
\nthe key
\nthe road
\nthe journey
\nthe race
\nto a fulfilling
\nand joyous life
\nis focused on doing and giving
\nmore to others
\nthan I’d expect to receive
\nfrom them<\/p>\n

’cause
\nif Bertie can
\nSO CAN I<\/p>\n

peace out<\/p>\n

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

This poem will be a part of the December edition that’s a collaboration by the 2015 Poetry Posse \u00a0– The Year of the Poet II published by Inner Child Press. \u00a0 Buy your monthly copy Here: http:\/\/www.innerchildpress.com\/the-year-of-the-poet.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dedicated to my Muse RLF as she lives the day to day struggle associated with MS and Fibromyalgia. as I ran those finishing miles …. \u00a0of the Richmond Virginia Marathon this performance artist dressed in all black with a hood an artist using art to create change for all THE HUMAN RACE regardless of skin … Continue reading “if Bertie can ~ SO CAN I”<\/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":[35,29,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-peaceoutpoemsforpeace","category-poertyposse2015","category-wordimagerystyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199","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=2199"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2288,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199\/revisions\/2288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}