{"id":16673,"date":"2023-11-18T05:27:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T05:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=16673"},"modified":"2023-11-18T05:35:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T05:35:13","slug":"there-is-an-other-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=16673","title":{"rendered":"THERE IS AN OTHER SIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><u><i>By Oluwakemi Oluwapelumi<\/i><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">There is another side,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">A place where our struggle,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">A place where our inner pain,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">A place where our burdens<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Fade away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">There is another side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"> ____________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">There is another side,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Though we all live in this world,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Though we all live on this Earth, but,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">There is another side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">There is a better place too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">____________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">We live on this Earth as humans,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Looking the same as humans should, but,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">We have different pains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">To me, it might be the pain of loneliness,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">To another, sickness and failure,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">To another, infirmity and depression,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">To another, depression and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">____________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">There is another side,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Another side where we could totally find rest,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Another side where our pains are gone,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Another side where there is peace and harmony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">____________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">We all know about this Earth. But,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Not all know about this other side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">There is another side, and,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The only pass for us to get to this other side is<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Through a man who is a gate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">He is the gate to the other side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">His name is Jesus, the son of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Jesus is the gate to the other side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">This other side is Eternity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">____________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Shalom!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"> ____________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Writer&#8217;s review:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The poem appears to convey a message about the existence of another, better side or place beyond the struggles and pains of earthly life. It explores the idea that people share a common existence on Earth but experience different forms of pain. The poem suggests that there is a place of rest, peace, and harmony, referred to as &#8220;the other side,&#8221; and emphasizes that the path to this place is through Jesus, who is depicted as a gate to eternity. The use of &#8220;Shalom&#8221; at the end, which means peace in Hebrew, reinforces the theme of finding peace and completeness in this other side. Overall, the poem reflects on spiritual and existential themes, emphasizing hope and solace through faith.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nThere is another side,<br \/>\nA place where our struggle,<br \/>\nA place where our inner pain,<br \/>\nA place where our burdens<br \/>\nFade away.<br \/>\nThere is another side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[8070],"class_list":["post-16673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16673"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16673"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16679,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16673\/revisions\/16679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}