{"id":7736,"date":"2025-08-15T09:27:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T13:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=7736"},"modified":"2025-08-15T09:27:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T13:27:54","slug":"poem-catching-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/15\/poem-catching-up\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Catching Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

You don’t have to crash to slow down. Then, again, sometimes you do.<\/p>\n

Catching Up<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I struck down
\nThe hi ways and bye ways of life
\nSeeking the finer things
\nIn an out-and-out quest
\nWilling to pay my weigh
\nLong that thorough fare
\nAs square living
\nJust round
\nThe corner
\nLooking forward too
\nAny brand of rush
\nAnd as I head down
\nThat fast lane
\nIn over drive
\nI crashed
\nIn too sum thing
\nI couldn\u2019t see
\nI found myself
\nFlat tired
\nStill
\nIn cryptic silence
\nHaving
\nUnder
\nGone
\nAwe that dear
\nDeparted
\nIn a singular sense
\nExperiencing
\nAn udder route
\nSpeechless
\nTaken back
\nAs mum calling me
\nSlow down
\nEnough
\nFor God too
\nCatch up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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