{"id":9865,"date":"2026-07-12T10:13:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=9865"},"modified":"2026-07-11T17:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T21:16:17","slug":"poem-i-weep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/12\/poem-i-weep\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: I Weep"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weeping can be freeing…<\/p>\n

I Weep<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I here
\nTen thousand days
\nIn a soul moment
\nIn each
\nAnew mourn
\nI weep
\nA river
\nSow prodigious
\nA loan
\nSoully culpable
\nOf washing
\nA weigh the see of blood
\nThere is know
\nWord
\nTo de-scribe
\nWhat is ridden in my heart
\nOnto the smallest of vessels
\nWhat can be holed
\nSuch a momentous crest
\nAwe that is aheaded form me
\nI cry duct
\nAnd what might
\nThese tears be
\nAs eye
\nRe-lease life
\nBlood without the cells
\nFree and unstoppable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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