{"id":3840,"date":"2020-07-29T16:23:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T00:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=3840"},"modified":"2020-07-29T16:23:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T00:23:22","slug":"the-dark-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=3840","title":{"rendered":"The Dark Side"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

       \n     The Dark Side<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waiting on the dark side again.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feeling depressed, like there\u2019s no end.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something\u2019s wanting me to commit a sin.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waiting on the dark side again.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I saw her come & I saw her go.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t me putting on a show.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, she stole my heart, don\u2019t ya know.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, I have nowhere to go.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dark side is drawing me in.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am afraid I will do that sin.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not coming from within.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is here, in this hateful den.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I saw her with another today.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having fun. They wanted to play.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, if they won\u2019t do it my way.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will put an end to their play.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dark side is calling stronger now.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An influence is drawing me in somehow.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My reasoning says I can\u2019t allow<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

this influence to make me do it now.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have gone beyond, there\u2019s no return.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My brain is squirming like a worm.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They both will be screaming till they learn.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am the master, though I may burn.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The influence is screaming in my ear.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo it now!!\u201d \u201cYou\u2019ve nothing to fear.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I saw my face in a mirror.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I ran away and now I\u2019m here.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here in the dark side where I feel safe.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They said catatonia was my fate.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, it saved me before it was too late.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t mutilate my love & her mate.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

———————————–R.W. Johnson—–(2020)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

             The Dark Side Waiting on the dark side again. Feeling depressed, like there\u2019s no end. Something\u2019s wanting me to commit a sin. Waiting on the dark side again. I saw her come & I saw her go. It wasn\u2019t me putting on a show. Yet, she stole my heart, don\u2019t ya know. Now, I … Continue reading The Dark Side<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-3840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3841,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3840\/revisions\/3841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}