{"id":429,"date":"2008-10-05T17:17:37","date_gmt":"2008-10-05T17:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=429"},"modified":"2008-10-05T17:17:37","modified_gmt":"2008-10-05T17:17:37","slug":"i-saw-an-ant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/i-saw-an-ant\/","title":{"rendered":"I saw an ant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw an ant<br \/>\nwalking through the grass<br \/>\nand I felt the breeze<br \/>\ngoing past my cheek<br \/>\nand I thought<br \/>\ninside you ,<br \/>\ncarry the courage<br \/>\nof many lifetimes<br \/>\nbut  do not believe it<br \/>\nfor you have not looked inside<br \/>\nbut if you do<br \/>\nyou will find an immensity<br \/>\nso  enormous<br \/>\nthat it will frighten you<br \/>\nyou thought you were<br \/>\njust a person<br \/>\nsearching for a life<br \/>\nyou<br \/>\nwho are not even an individual<br \/>\nbut far far more<br \/>\nso much more<br \/>\nthat it is terrifying<br \/>\nfor you are all<br \/>\nthat is good  and evil both<br \/>\nthat ever existed<br \/>\nand will ever exist<br \/>\nand when u delve<br \/>\ninto that immensity<br \/>\nthe demons of your own mind<br \/>\nwill leap out at you<br \/>\ntheir fire will threaten to burn you<br \/>\nthey will snarl<br \/>\nand frighten you<br \/>\nterrify you<br \/>\ntill u run back<br \/>\ninto the world of logic<br \/>\nthe world of comfort<br \/>\nand reason<br \/>\nwhere you will be able to define yourself<br \/>\nand confine yourself<br \/>\nto something you can measure<br \/>\nto some one you can measure<br \/>\nbut your demons<br \/>\nare afraid too<br \/>\nafraid that you may confront them<br \/>\nafraid that you may find the courage<br \/>\nafraid that you may take them on<br \/>\nafraid that you may become fearless<br \/>\nafraid that you may walk past them<br \/>\nand see that they were the great illusion<br \/>\nof your own mind<br \/>\na mind that is trying to swindle you<br \/>\ntrying to fool you<br \/>\ntrying to create a vast spell on you<br \/>\nto make you believe<br \/>\nthat you are measurable<br \/>\nconfinable<br \/>\nfinite<br \/>\nbut when u walk past the demons<br \/>\nand laugh at them<br \/>\nand watch them melt away<br \/>\nyou will explode into spirit<br \/>\nyou will suddenly<br \/>\nin that instant see<br \/>\nthe immensity that you are<br \/>\nand then<br \/>\nyou will be the ant<br \/>\nand the breeze<br \/>\nand everything that was<br \/>\nand every thing that will be<br \/>\nin that one moment<br \/>\nyou,<br \/>\nwill be eternal<br \/>\nas will be the ant<br \/>\nand the blade of grass<br \/>\nand the breeze<br \/>\nand the setting sun<br \/>\n6:39 AM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw an ant walking through the grass and I felt the breeze going past my cheek and I thought inside you , carry the courage of many lifetimes but do not believe it for you have not looked inside but if you do you will find an immensity so enormous that it will frighten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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