{"id":159,"date":"2023-08-11T19:09:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hayestacks.com\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2023-08-23T23:42:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T23:42:49","slug":"poem-passing-ghosts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hayestacks.com\/index.php\/read-poetry-online-free\/poem-passing-ghosts\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem: Passing Ghosts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within the days of dreams gone past,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lie shuttered hopes not meant to last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The currents flow as time does too,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If what we are compelled to do,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frittering days to fight the tides,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From wax to wane, from ide to ide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To live this way our souls are worn,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From true purpose a life is torn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For if we waste our precious time,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On looking back instead of prime,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Squandered a life what mattered most,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Life is blessing on this great host.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The planet Earth what matters most,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re not much else but passing ghosts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within the days of dreams gone past, Lie shuttered hopes not meant to last. 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