{"id":2643,"date":"2025-09-10T17:34:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/some-believe-dark-forces-run-wild-in-the-world\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T17:34:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:34:42","slug":"some-believe-dark-forces-run-wild-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/some-believe-dark-forces-run-wild-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Believe Dark Forces Run Wild in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some believe dark forces run wild in the world,
\nthat we are constantly and subtly influenced by them,
\nthat many are at their mercy and need to be
\non guard with fervent prayers and religion.
\nI don\u2019t believe the diabolical and dark forces are
\nat the helm of all the evil in this world.
\nI believe genetic, psychological, and social factors
\nare at the core of all the crimes and criminals.
\nBut if you choose to believe in the dark forces and
\nthe diabolical, you may just make them real in your mind
\nand suffer unrelenting worries and needless fears.<\/p>\n

Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some believe dark forces run wild in the world, that we are constantly and subtly influenced by them, that many are at their mercy and need to be on guard with fervent prayers and religion. I don\u2019t believe the diabolical and dark forces are at the helm of all the evil in this world. I… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}