{"id":112,"date":"2024-08-13T17:49:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T21:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sage2l.com\/poetry\/?p=112"},"modified":"2024-08-13T17:49:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T21:49:25","slug":"evolving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sage2l.com\/poetry\/evolving\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I was given creativity<br>As a survival tool in need<br>My survivability<br>To re-invent myself indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The solid core that lies inside<br>Belied by changes that don&#8217;t hide<br>Today my hair is short and red<br>Tomorrow maybe blonde instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shape-shifter though I might be<br>Real life impossibility<br>So I enjoy it while I can<br>Apparently it unnerves a man.<br><br>If I enjoy my inner child<br>And let her out every once in a while<br>I have to say it keeps me young<br>As much as sense of humor, hun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A friend once said &#8220;You&#8217;ll never be old&#8221;<br>I think I agree &#8211; that notion is sold<br>I play at work and work at play<br>That&#8217;s how it goes from day to day.<br><br>Ideas I drink up from a vast fast hose<br>Too many to follow. and that&#8217;s how it goes<br>Prioritize is my stock in trade<br>It&#8217;s difficult to let all the others fade &#8211; <br>(&#8216;Cause ADHD is how I was made.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I swim in a sea of colors and thought<br>I like to share what I&#8217;ve made and bought<br>I wish everyone was so inspired<br>Most just seem to be brain-tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those of us evolving souls<br>Fill in all the gaps and holes<br>In existence of society<br>Without my kind, no color would be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will never be a one<br>To say life was empty, when it&#8217;s done<br>For all I&#8217;ve done, experienced<br>I&#8217;m grateful for a life enhanced.<br><br>&#8211; Sage<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was given creativityAs a survival tool in needMy survivabilityTo re-invent myself indeed. The solid core that lies insideBelied by changes that don&#8217;t hideToday my hair is short and redTomorrow maybe blonde instead. Shape-shifter though I might beReal life impossibilitySo I enjoy it while I canApparently it unnerves a man. If I enjoy my inner&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sage2l.com\/poetry\/evolving\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Evolving<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sage2l.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sage2l.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sage2l.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sage2l.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sage2l.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sage2l.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"https:\/\/sage2l.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sage2l.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sage2l.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sage2l.com\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}