{"id":8233,"date":"2025-10-16T03:06:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=8233"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:18:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:18:37","slug":"poem-safety-thirst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/16\/poem-safety-thirst\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Safety Thirst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/Political\/Courage-The-Other-National-Deficit.gif\" alt=\"Courage - The Other National Deficit\" width=\"172\" height=\"173\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At times, courage is needed to get us through those moments when playing it safe is even more dangerous&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Safety Thirst<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Their heads were swimming<br \/>\nSo they went head first<br \/>\nInto the shallow end<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/Political\/The-Opposite-of-Courage-In-Our-Society-Is-Not-Cowardice-It-Is-Conformity-Rollo-May-quote.gif\" alt=\"\t\nThe Opposite of Courage In Our Society Is Not Cowardice; It Is Conformity -- Rollo May quote\" width=\"172\" height=\"173\" \/>Of the gene pool<br \/>\nA real dive<br \/>\nSoully to drink in<br \/>\nThat lessen of safety thirst<br \/>\nWhen courage is in dispensable<br \/>\nIn deep waters<br \/>\nAwe at break neck speed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At times, courage is needed to get us through those moments when playing it safe is even more dangerous&#8230; Safety Thirst Their heads were swimming So they went head first Into the shallow end Of the gene pool A real &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/16\/poem-safety-thirst\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,38,15],"tags":[198],"class_list":["post-8233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-action","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-courage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: Safety Thirst | Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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