{"id":308,"date":"2024-12-02T08:01:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T14:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=308"},"modified":"2024-12-02T08:01:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T14:01:45","slug":"path-in-the-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/12\/02\/path-in-the-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"Path in the Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Something uplifting to start your week.<\/em><\/p>\n

A step taken in darkness
\nTowards a steady, burning flame.
\nFeet quest ever forward
\nTesting the ground again.<\/p>\n

Each step somehow finds purchase
\nAnd carries the traveler on
\nThough some steps hang in the balance
\nAnd the road narrows, but never gone.<\/p>\n

The light, though small, never waves
\nAnd shows the lost soul its way
\nAnd on the traveler stumbles
\nThrough the long night into day.<\/p>\n

When the lost soul has found it
\nThe light burns ever on
\nAnd the weary traveler kneels
\nAnd rests till coming of dawn.<\/p>\n

Path in the Darkness<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2024 all rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Something uplifting to start your week. A step taken in darkness Towards a steady, burning flame. Feet quest ever forward Testing the ground again. Each step somehow finds purchase And carries the traveler on Though some steps hang in the balance And the road narrows, but never gone. 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