{"id":1115,"date":"2024-02-19T18:30:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T18:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johntownshend.com\/wordpress\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2024-02-19T18:30:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T18:30:42","slug":"my-far-away-saviour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/my-far-away-saviour\/","title":{"rendered":"My Far Away Saviour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lower me a hook to save me from the uncertainty<br>Give me the ultimate happy ending to believe in<br>Bribe me with charity and sell me your dreams guarantee<br>Scare me with torture if I don\u2019t follow your rules therein<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve got much closer to heaven with each day that passes<br>But dreams of heaven will be for nought the day that I die<br>My part will end but life goes on for the countless masses<br>What are the lies you tell yourself to get to sleep and why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have the threats, the hypocrisy, the narcissism<br>The generational authority passed down with glee<br>Black and white sins of a greyscale world lest criticism<br>Violence and bloodshed in Gods name that stains history<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what now can save me? Hope from family or a friend<br>The virtue of doing my best even if that\u2019s not a lot<br>Radical acceptance for my existence till the end<br>Emptying the mind and being grateful for what I\u2019ve got<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lower me a hook to save me from the uncertaintyGive me the ultimate happy ending to believe inBribe me with charity and sell me your dreams guaranteeScare me with torture if I don\u2019t follow your rules therein I\u2019ve got much closer to heaven with each day that passesBut dreams of heaven will be for nought &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/my-far-away-saviour\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My Far Away Saviour<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-rants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwt.quest\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}