{"id":3091,"date":"2025-03-10T13:18:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T13:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/?p=3091"},"modified":"2025-03-10T13:26:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T13:26:29","slug":"unlocked-and-unbroken-chains-by-walking-shadow-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/unlocked-and-unbroken-chains-by-walking-shadow-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing Likes and Losing Sight by Walking Shadow poetry."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this world where numbers reign,<br>We chase the likes, ignore the pain.<br>Views and shares, they fill our days,<br>Yet deep inside, we\u2019ve lost our ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We post our wins, we show our best,<br>We hide the times we failed the test.<br>With every click, we seek to prove,<br>Yet in our hearts, we barely move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We count the followers, check the stats,<br>But never ask, \u201cWhere am I at?\u201d<br>We crave applause, the world\u2019s embrace,<br>Yet lose ourselves in that fast race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about growth, the unseen kind?<br>The one that builds a stronger mind?<br>The quiet steps, the battles fought,<br>The lessons life so dearly taught?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not every win must meet the eye,<br>Not every dream needs wings to fly.<br>Some roads are walked in silent might,<br>Some victories bloom without the light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So pause a while, just breathe, just be,<br>Not all success the world must see.<br>For in the end, when views are gone,<br>The realest prize is who you\u2019ve become.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Identity spoken word\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vFfkd4oEWXQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this world where numbers reign,We chase the likes, ignore the pain.Views and shares, they fill our days,Yet deep inside, we\u2019ve lost our ways. We post our wins, we show our best,We hide the times we failed the test.With every click, we seek to prove,Yet in our hearts, we barely move. We count the followers, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3093,"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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,97,25,98,1],"tags":[35,49,34,67,50,61,55,22],"class_list":["post-3091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poem","category-poetry","category-solitude","category-storytime","category-uncategorized","tag-poems","tag-poetess","tag-poetry","tag-preciousowoko","tag-spokenword","tag-spokenwords","tag-stories","tag-walkingshadowpoetry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f0e4c4fad6d2fd61e31c07a9b0f1c8be.jpg?fit=735%2C713&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3100,"url":"https:\/\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/lost-in-the-middle-rising-to-the-top-teen-life-spoken-word-by-walking-shadow-poetry\/","url_meta":{"origin":3091,"position":0},"title":"Lost in the Middle, Rising to the Top | TEEN LIFE SPOKEN WORD by walking shadow poetry","author":"walking shadow poetry kenya","date":"March 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"They say we\u2019re young, they say we\u2019re free,But no one knows the storm in me.One moment high, the next one low,Trying to find the way to go. 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