{"id":2526,"date":"2016-05-08T10:16:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T10:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2016-05-08T10:24:08","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T10:24:08","slug":"stop-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=2526","title":{"rendered":"~ \u00a0STOP &\u00a0LISTEN ~"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PicsArt_05-06-02.59.51-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

the deep dark pit
\nof despair
\nis emotively
\nall consuming
\nat its worse
\na sinkhole of loneliness
\nfostered by blame and quilt
\na miserable wasteland
\nvoid of hope
\nand purpose
\nwhere the spirit
\nbecomes weary
\nand the ever present
\nwhispers
\nof life’s end
\nas a form of relief
\nbecome\u00a0seemingly clear
\nand rational
\nto a misty mind
\nlaced with melancholy
\nimprisoned perilously
\nin the cell
\nof the downtrodden …..<\/p>\n

~ \u00a0STOP &\u00a0LISTEN ~<\/p>\n

….. \u00a0unless thoughts
\nsubmerged
\nand drowning
\nin self-darkness
\ncan be distracted
\nfocused less on
\nthe plight of oneself
\nand more on the light
\nthat others can shine
\nas actors on the stage
\nwho perform the script
\ncalled life
\na reality
\nwhere the once
\nweary spirit
\nfeels refreshment \u00a0~
\n~ \u00a0 hope and purpose
\nare\u00a0restored
\nthrough a process of
\nhuman interaction
\nassociated with
\na spiritual felt sense
\nthat emerges
\nof being one
\ninterconnected
\nand interdependent
\nwith all else …..
\n….. \u00a0 a revelation is born
\njoy and fulfillment in life
\nare had within the act
\nof doing
\nmore for others
\nthan asking\u00a0of them
\nor expecting
\nin return \u00a0~<\/p>\n

~ \u00a0STOP &\u00a0LISTEN \u00a0~<\/p>\n

~ \u00a0 then those
\never present
\nwhispers
\nof life’s end
\nas a form of relief
\nbecome\u00a0seemingly clear
\nand rational
\nto a misty mind
\nlaced with melancholy
\nimprisoned perilously
\nin the cell
\nof the downtrodden
\nwill slowly but surely
\nfade
\ninto
\nthe
\nbackdrop
\nof
\nlife<\/p>\n

~ \u00a0as you stand tall
\namong friends
\nwith that sweet smile
\nof living
\non your face<\/p>\n

peace out<\/p>\n

~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

the deep dark pit of despair is emotively all consuming at its worse a sinkhole of loneliness fostered by blame and quilt a miserable wasteland void of hope and purpose where the spirit becomes weary and the ever present whispers of life’s end as a form of relief become\u00a0seemingly clear and rational to a misty … Continue reading “~ \u00a0STOP &\u00a0LISTEN ~”<\/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":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-myabnormalitiesnormality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526","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=2526"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2533,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions\/2533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}