{"id":2390,"date":"2024-09-19T20:37:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T00:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2024-09-19T20:37:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T00:37:44","slug":"melancholy-on-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/19\/melancholy-on-my-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Melancholy on My Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beatifically, I gaze upon the pale horse,<br>Its approach, so swift, so silent,<br>Carrying platitudes that hang in the air, empty and profound.<br>Peripatetic thoughts drift in this weary mind,<br>Melancholy on my mind, a companion familiar and strange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the scope of this existence, where truth bends,<br>Verisimilitude crumbles before the solipsistic gaze.<br>Appropinquate, oh, great unknown, with your verisimilar face,<br>Yet behind you, chaos dances corybantic, wild and untamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pickwickian fool chatters of wisdom he does not own,<br>A sciolist in this grand masquerade,<br>While I stand, rooted in the question of it all,<br>Waiting for the pale horse to pass,<br>Or perhaps, to pause, and offer one last platitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peace and blessings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/B6B3C481-69C6-45A6-91C3-A26D1E03A7C8_Original.jpeg?resize=576%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/B6B3C481-69C6-45A6-91C3-A26D1E03A7C8_Original-scaled.jpeg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/B6B3C481-69C6-45A6-91C3-A26D1E03A7C8_Original-scaled.jpeg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/B6B3C481-69C6-45A6-91C3-A26D1E03A7C8_Original-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1366&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/B6B3C481-69C6-45A6-91C3-A26D1E03A7C8_Original-scaled.jpeg?resize=864%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/B6B3C481-69C6-45A6-91C3-A26D1E03A7C8_Original-scaled.jpeg?w=1439&amp;ssl=1 1439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beatifically, I gaze upon the pale horse,Its approach, so swift, so silent,Carrying platitudes that hang in the air, empty and profound.Peripatetic thoughts drift in this weary mind,Melancholy on my mind, a companion familiar and strange. 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