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I am stuck inside a mud pit with \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A pocket full of gold. This story of my wayward step \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Is one that should be told. \u00a0\u00a0 One day while walking on the edge \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I thought that I would try, To soil my sole, to take a step \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and yet keep clean and dry \u00a0\u00a0 And ‘lo perhaps if I should fall \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Or something worse unfold The remedy was right with me \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0My pocket full of gold. \u00a0\u00a0 I walked out deep, I felt no fear, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0As you can clearly see The safety net, that you can get \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0With gold so plentily \u00a0\u00a0 But now I stand up to my knees \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And sinking very fast There’s something that I could not see \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But late, at last, I grasp \u00a0\u00a0 And with a frown, my head goes down \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Below the mirky foam The weight to bear of gold so fair \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Has crushed me like a stone. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a9 2007 Jediah Logiodice \n\u00a0<\/p>\n (Sometimes having financial security can be a blessing \u2013 but sometimes it can be a curse)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 I am stuck inside a mud pit with \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A pocket full of gold. This story of my wayward step \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Is one that should be told. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 One day while walking on the edge \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I thought that I would try, To soil my sole, to take a step \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and yet keep clean and dry … Continue reading “The Weight of Gold\u2026”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-poetry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darthjedi.logiodice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darthjedi.logiodice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darthjedi.logiodice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darthjedi.logiodice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darthjedi.logiodice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/darthjedi.logiodice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darthjedi.logiodice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darthjedi.logiodice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darthjedi.logiodice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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