{"id":3404,"date":"2014-11-09T22:34:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T05:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2014-12-09T19:25:59","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T03:25:59","slug":"more-as-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=3404","title":{"rendered":"More as a joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A Poem by Shelly H.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Why do we hurt?<\/p>\n<p>Why don\u2019t we care?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all in how we treat<\/p>\n<p>each other and we treat<\/p>\n<p>each other unfair<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We steal, lie and get<\/p>\n<p>angry with each other;<\/p>\n<p>And yet we tell ourselves<\/p>\n<p>how we are all sisters<\/p>\n<p>and brothers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I know this to be so untrue<\/p>\n<p>because of how easy it is<\/p>\n<p>to steal, lie and get angry<\/p>\n<p>then to play that we<\/p>\n<p>are human too<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are not people;<\/p>\n<p>We are not even good folk;<\/p>\n<p>We are nothing but idiots<\/p>\n<p>and fools, but mostly I See<\/p>\n<p>us more as a Joke.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve come a long way<\/p>\n<p>And how I know this<\/p>\n<p>Is by what it is I am<\/p>\n<p>Doing differently today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My world as I see it is<\/p>\n<p>coming to an end or<\/p>\n<p>it\u2019s already there but I\u2019m<\/p>\n<p>still going on with taking each<\/p>\n<p>day as they come<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And I still feel good about that<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m still functioning; I\u2019m disappointed<\/p>\n<p>in the world around me<\/p>\n<p>but I\u2019m grateful for my own.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your time<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Shelly is among those I first met when mental illness cast me homeless onto the streets of Abbotsford.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Most look at Shelly and see a stereotype.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/SeeAsWeAre.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3407\" title=\"SeeAsWeAre\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/SeeAsWeAre.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/SeeAsWeAre.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/SeeAsWeAre-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>I look at Shelly and this poem is what I see.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Leonardo da Vinci<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Poem by Shelly H. &nbsp; Why do we hurt? 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