{"id":2329,"date":"2023-04-05T12:31:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T19:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2329"},"modified":"2023-04-05T12:31:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T19:31:46","slug":"lifetimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2023\/04\/05\/lifetimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifetimes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Lifetimes<\/strong><\/p>\n

How many Lifetimes
\nwill it take Me
\nto learn that<\/p>\n

I have allowed
\nthat Trickster
\nthat goes
\nby the name
\n\u201cImaginary\u201d
\nto usurp
\nthe power
\nof its quieter
\nsibling,<\/p>\n

Imagination.<\/p>\n

All That Is
\nReal
\nowes its existence to
\nImagination,
\nyet,<\/p>\n

Imaginary
\ncavorts around
\npretending to
\nthe throne by
\npretending to
\nthe imaginary power of
\nwhat\u2019s Unreal.<\/p>\n

What has this
\ndismissive
\nnonchalance
\nof the upstart
\nbully, Imaginary,
\ncost You
\nMy Friend?<\/p>\n

What Reality
\nhave You missed
\nbecause
\nImaginary dismissed it
\nas a figment?<\/p>\n

I really don\u2019t care
\nhow many Lifetimes
\nit takes.<\/p>\n

I intend
\nto learn
\nto Create Reality
\nwith My
\nImagination.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Tetiana Shyshkina; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Lifetimes How many Lifetimes will it take Me to learn that I have allowed that Trickster that goes by the name \u201cImaginary\u201d to usurp the power of its quieter sibling, Imagination. All That Is Real owes its existence to Imagination, yet, Imaginary cavorts around pretending to the throne by pretending to the imaginary power […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t