{"id":263,"date":"2018-01-06T14:50:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T22:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samuelblee.com\/dir\/?p=263"},"modified":"2021-01-18T11:53:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T19:53:32","slug":"worlds-worst-woe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samuelblee.com\/dir\/2018\/01\/06\/worlds-worst-woe\/","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s Worst Woe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>World&#8217;s Worst Woe<\/h1>\n<h2>by Samuel Byung-Deuk Lee<\/h2>\n<p>Ignorance is bliss they say.<br \/>\nThis world is better today.<br \/>\nBut some things never leave<br \/>\nWe will always be naive.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We are deceived.<br \/>\nSince we were conceived,<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve believed<br \/>\nOnly what we perceived.<\/p>\n<p>Misconception since our conception<br \/>\nI before U<br \/>\nIndifferent and in different<br \/>\nLike or dislike.<\/p>\n<p>Quite naturally we like to see<br \/>\nWhat you want to see.<br \/>\nWant you to see what<br \/>\nTo see what you want<\/p>\n<p>Racism, sexism &#8211; they are the rivers<br \/>\nIgnorance the tributaries.<br \/>\nCancer, stroke, heart failure pale<br \/>\nTo this mental veil<\/p>\n<p>Praise to the teachers of this world<br \/>\nPraise to the leaders of the nations<br \/>\nPraise to the mothers and fathers<br \/>\nWho day to day strive to make a difference<\/p>\n<p>Ignorance is bliss<br \/>\nA mental cyst that never ceases to exists<br \/>\nWhat can we make of this?<br \/>\nIs it hopeless?<\/p>\n<p>Open your eyes and see.<br \/>\nTry to see the world as it truly be<br \/>\nNot just me, not just you<br \/>\nBut everybody<\/p>\n<p>The world&#8217;s worst woe<br \/>\nWhat do you know?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World&#8217;s Worst Woe by Samuel Byung-Deuk Lee Ignorance is bliss they say. This world is better today. But some things never leave We will always be naive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/samuelblee.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/stockvault-hand-drawing-a-person-having-doubts218188.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p96Wjt-4f","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samuelblee.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samuelblee.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samuelblee.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samuelblee.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samuelblee.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/samuelblee.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273,"href":"https:\/\/samuelblee.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions\/273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samuelblee.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samuelblee.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samuelblee.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samuelblee.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}