Such power,
\nAs only a tear can tell.
\nBehind the tear a flashing
\nWave of torment –
\nThe torment of happiness.
\nAnd it is tormenting
\nThat happiness should
\nInvoke a tear.<\/p>\n
I felt the tear forming.
\nFelt it coming.
\nBut why should I shed
\nThe same?
\nI am not happy,
\nNot happy as is the one
\nOf whom I think.<\/p>\n
And that person of my thoughts
\nCould be you,
\nCould be me.
\nA hypothetical person
\nOn a hypothetical wave,
\nOn an ocean of my
\nDreams.<\/p>\n
Upon a wave,
\nAs the slave to the wave,
\nAnd the master of the body
\nThat masters the wave
\nTo which it is slave:
\nThat is the person.<\/p>\n
That person knows only the wave;
\nKnows only the present instant.
\nThe presence of the elemental
\nForce of nature,
\nTo which he must succumb
\nTo overcome.<\/p>\n
The wave allows,
\nInvites and entices the
\nPerson to overcome it; to be
\nThe master and the slave.<\/p>\n
And knowing and experiencing
\nThe wave as
\nMaster, the body
\nAs the slave, and the mind
\nAs both, that person
\nDeserves to shed
\nSuch a tear of
\nHappiness.<\/p>\n
That tear of happiness
\nThen falls into the wave,
\nReturning to the ocean;
\nReturning to that oceanic
\nSource of happiness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Such power,
As only a tear can tell.
Behind the tear a flashing
Wave of torment –
The torment of happiness.
And it is tormenting
That happiness should
Invoke a tear.<\/p>\n
I felt the tear forming.
Felt it coming.
But why should I shed
The same?
I am not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oceans","category-poems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":673,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}