{"id":212,"date":"2024-08-07T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=212"},"modified":"2024-08-06T13:18:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T18:18:58","slug":"fog-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/08\/07\/fog-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Fog of War"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poking at a few things, mostly dark days do not last. The fog of war will lift whatever that war may be.<\/em><\/p>\n

Clumbsy work full of holes
\nYet praised unto the sky.
\nDedication scorned and mocked
\nAnd Driven \u2018til it dies.<\/p>\n

Proud the voice on stolen throne
\nThat claims it cannot fall.
\nLoud the choice that takes no chance
\nAnd derides any risk at all.<\/p>\n

Small the hands that do the work
\nAnd soft the voice of truth.
\nOne by one the many come
\nand slowly see the proof.<\/p>\n

No word is said against the dead
\nWhere the high enthroned can hear,
\nBut quiet words and steady deeds
\nThe fog of war will clear.<\/p>\n

The bragging throne fights to keep
\nIt\u2019s shadowed misty shroud
\nbut ten thousand quiet voices sound
\nAnd all the lies are drowned.<\/p>\n

The fog of war fades away
\nin word and then in deed.
\nGuided by relentless truth
\nSpilling in the street.<\/p>\n

Fog of War<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2024 all rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Poking at a few things, mostly dark days do not last. The fog of war will lift whatever that war may be. Clumbsy work full of holes Yet praised unto the sky. Dedication scorned and mocked And Driven \u2018til it dies. Proud the voice on stolen throne That claims it cannot fall. 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