{"id":345,"date":"2025-02-27T17:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=345"},"modified":"2025-02-27T16:32:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T22:32:37","slug":"dreams-of-fire-and-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/02\/27\/dreams-of-fire-and-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreams of Fire and Ice"},"content":{"rendered":"

A meeting of worlds. There\u2019s more to the story than found here, if it tells me, I\u2019ll pass it along.<\/em><\/p>\n

In my dreams I carry fire with me.
\nWhen the dreams get dark it helps me to see.
\nIt keeps away the dark and the fierce
\nAnd lets me every terror to pierce.<\/p>\n

Yet things there, at the end of my dreams
\nThat do not fear my fire it seems.
\nThese creatures of ice often come near
\nAnd they speak in voices ringing and clear.<\/p>\n

I cannot understand what they say,
\nBut they hear me as well and don\u2019t run away.
\nWe sit together and often we stare
\nIt seems enough that we both are there.<\/p>\n

Last time my friends seemed troubled and worn
\nAs if they\u2019d been driving in the path of a storm.
\nTonight I return with my fire so strong
\nAnd prayers of protection from all that is wrong.<\/p>\n

Whatever is hunting my ice friends tonight
\nWill certainly find how my fire can bite!<\/p>\n

Dreams of Fire and Ice<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2025 all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A meeting of worlds. There\u2019s more to the story than found here, if it tells me, I\u2019ll pass it along. In my dreams I carry fire with me. When the dreams get dark it helps me to see. It keeps away the dark and the fierce And lets me every terror to pierce. 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