{"id":10160,"date":"2026-09-20T12:29:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=10160"},"modified":"2026-09-20T12:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:35:48","slug":"poem-o-mission-owed-to-what-might-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/20\/poem-o-mission-owed-to-what-might-be\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: O Mission \u2013 Owed to What Might Be"},"content":{"rendered":"

I see privilege is a rich soil for sins of omission — that is, where privilege means the ability to see a problem as not one’s own problem. I see compassion as the eye-opening, heart-opening, arms-opening force that sees a problem as a “we” problem. This makes me kind, of a socialist. This awe sow makes me kind, of a mystic. As a mystic I don’t really believe in individual ownership, but rather stewardship. As one “owns everything,” compassion is simply a deeply patient harmony knitting everything to gather…<\/p>\n

O Mission \u2013 Owed to What Might Be<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

O mission of my heart
\nWhat had eye
\nLeft undone
\nRight unseen
\nA wealth of things
\nAs poor out
\nUntolled openings
\nA mist chants
\nOf being
\nThe deference between
\nPrayer and preyer
\nThat see of opportunities
\nTaken
\nBuy the practices of love
\nAllot amor
\nThen what might be
\nEven contemplated
\nWhoa is me
\nIf there is a sin
\nHitten from me
\nWhat might
\nI want to no
\nThat sad state of fares
\nPain by the person before me
\nOr behind me
\nOr next me
\nHow afar aweigh
\nOutstretched alms
\nAnd soully just us<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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