{"id":9123,"date":"2026-02-03T14:40:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=9123"},"modified":"2026-02-03T13:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:46:15","slug":"poem-the-measure-of-awe-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/03\/poem-the-measure-of-awe-things\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: The Measure of Awe Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WhenThe power of peace within is the seed that is necessary to produce peace in this brutal and inane whirled.<\/p>\n

The Measure of Awe Things<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We should awe
\nHave a ruler
\nIncite of us
\nIn holy weigh
\nA prays all
\nChoices just
\nI can make
\nKnot as soully subject to
\nThe outer effacing whirled
\nNot as mirrorly deferent
\nTo the powers that be
\nAristocratic and low-brow
\nBungling bossiness
\nOr sweetly seductive
\nCheap and easy choices
\nThe E\u2019s of failings
\nAnd those awe in habiting vices
\nEntreating others
\nTaking it
\nPersonal and not
\nLiving beyond
\nThe great divide
\nWear one side fits awe
\nDiscerning a bit crazy
\nIn ward and out ward
\nJust to halve
\nA ruler inside and out
\nThe blest surrender ever
\nValues coming at accost
\nIn during lessens
\nTo live within
\nAnd without
\nIn the mist of means and ends
\nFinding won peace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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