{"id":248,"date":"2024-08-28T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=248"},"modified":"2024-08-27T22:02:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T03:02:52","slug":"shadows-of-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/08\/28\/shadows-of-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Shadows of Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

It stands as a truism that you can never go home. \u00a0Yet home does not vanish because we cannot go there any longer in the flesh. \u00a0Whether it changed or we did something remains, even if just an echo.<\/em><\/p>\n

The shadows of home are never so far
\nAs the thought in a memory.
\nOut of reach to never be seen
\nOr touched out of reverie.<\/p>\n

Lonely they walk past gardens unknown
\nAnd never quite leave us be.
\nThe shadows play tricks and soften the edge
\nOf old reality.<\/p>\n

Yet shadows of home are never so near
\nAs a welcome, silent dream
\nThey color each day in every way
\nWith a faint and echoed gleam.<\/p>\n

The shadows of home are held to the heart
\nAnd live in a better place by far.
\nAnd some day as we make our own way
\nWe will find ourselves where they are.<\/p>\n

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

It stands as a truism that you can never go home. \u00a0Yet home does not vanish because we cannot go there any longer in the flesh. \u00a0Whether it changed or we did something remains, even if just an echo. The shadows of home are never so far As the thought in a memory. 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