{"id":27403,"date":"2016-04-22T16:18:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T16:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=27403"},"modified":"2016-04-22T16:18:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T16:18:38","slug":"is-life-worth-the-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/04\/is-life-worth-the-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Is life worth the pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Potentiality<br \/>\nThe driving force<br \/>\nThe bedrock in fact<br \/>\nA matter of course<br \/>\nStanding alone on a street<br \/>\nFar away<br \/>\nIn an indian town<br \/>\nHe has been made to pay<\/p>\n<p>Flesh and blood<br \/>\nStanding<br \/>\nBloodied and sore<br \/>\nMaggots the size of toes<br \/>\nEverywhere raw<br \/>\nChafed from neglect<br \/>\nBruised and in pain<br \/>\nEmaciated and filled<br \/>\nWith disdain<\/p>\n<p>What was his name<br \/>\nDid he ever have one<br \/>\nOut on the streets<br \/>\nIn the rain in the sun<br \/>\nHis eyes all caked up<br \/>\nWith sepsis and grief<br \/>\nHis bottom all sore<br \/>\nIt must be a relief<\/p>\n<p>To be found to be saved<br \/>\nTo be helped all that care<br \/>\nLaid on a sack<br \/>\nBy those so aware<br \/>\nCutting the hair away<br \/>\nWashing the sores<br \/>\nApply the powder<br \/>\nHe had been through the wars<\/p>\n<p>So many injuries<br \/>\nFleas every where<br \/>\nMaggots and mange<br \/>\nSo much despair<br \/>\nAs  thin as a rake<br \/>\nHis bones sticking out<br \/>\nHis feet also pained<br \/>\nWithout any doubt<\/p>\n<p>This soul is ailing<br \/>\nThis poor boy sad<br \/>\nSaved by the angel<br \/>\nWho&#8217;d have thought that<br \/>\nHe had<br \/>\nEven a chance to be saved in that state<br \/>\nBut the angels they saved him<br \/>\nWhich was bloody great<\/p>\n<p>I take  off my hat to them<br \/>\nWhat they have done<br \/>\nIs given a chance to him<br \/>\nUnder the sun<br \/>\nIn all that muster<br \/>\nThe dust and the dirt<br \/>\nThe maggots the lice<br \/>\nI bet that hurt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Potentiality The driving force The bedrock in fact A matter of course Standing alone on a street Far away In an indian town He has been made to pay Flesh and blood Standing Bloodied and sore Maggots the size of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/04\/is-life-worth-the-pain\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27404,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27403\/revisions\/27404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}