{"id":246,"date":"2024-08-26T07:33:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T12:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=246"},"modified":"2024-08-26T07:34:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T12:34:10","slug":"deep-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/08\/26\/deep-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>I think I know where this one goes, or at least which world of mine it belongs to. It was not one I expected to have a prophecy. I hope you enjoy it whichever world it came from.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Then wakes the king from slumber<br \/>\nLike a babe new-born<br \/>\nAnd challenges the darkness<br \/>\nAnd ushers in the morn.<\/p>\n<p>He comes out from the depths<br \/>\nOf flame and solid stone<br \/>\nAnd takes his first free breath<br \/>\nAnd finds himself alone.<\/p>\n<p>No memory yet whispers<br \/>\nIn the recess of his mind<br \/>\nNo history yet lingers<br \/>\nWhere he may find.<\/p>\n<p>A tainted land awaits him<br \/>\nOne that used to be his own.<br \/>\nThe curse tries to break him<br \/>\nAnd he faces it alone.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the strength of kings is on him<br \/>\nAnd the land still knows its own<br \/>\nAnd new power yet awaits him<br \/>\nA brother of soul and bone.<\/p>\n<p>The curse harries all their path ways<br \/>\nAnd strikes them as they sleep.<br \/>\nUntil they find a refuge<br \/>\nIn a vaulting mountain keep.<\/p>\n<p>The curse howls, storms, and batters<br \/>\nAt the mountain stay<br \/>\nAnd takes the land by inches<br \/>\nStealing hope each dismal day.<\/p>\n<p>Yet still rests there waiting<br \/>\nThe strength of the dwarven throne<br \/>\nAnd the sleeping king has awakened<br \/>\nAnd shall come into his own.<\/p>\n<p><em>Deep King<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2024 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think I know where this one goes, or at least which world of mine it belongs to. It was not one I expected to have a prophecy. I hope you enjoy it whichever world it came from. Then wakes the king from slumber Like a babe new-born And challenges the darkness And ushers in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/08\/26\/deep-king\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Deep King<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":245,"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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,13],"tags":[11,17],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-poetry","tag-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Deep-King.jpg?fit=600%2C600","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-3Y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":484,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/11\/07\/484\/","url_meta":{"origin":246,"position":0},"title":"Covet Not the Throne","author":"Heather","date":"November 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This is one that I started a while back. 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