{"id":353,"date":"2025-03-11T16:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=353"},"modified":"2025-03-11T16:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:05:48","slug":"gloaming-of-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/03\/11\/gloaming-of-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Gloaming of the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>Because we all have those moments. There is always hope.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the gloaming of the heart<br \/>\nWhen sorrows seem to prey<br \/>\nDo not surrender to despair.<br \/>\nThe soul will find a way.<\/p>\n<p>Whether we are lived high<br \/>\nTo celestial courts above<br \/>\nOr our hope dawns again<br \/>\nAnd find hearth, home, and love.<\/p>\n<p>Though deepest night shall threaten<br \/>\nEver still shall come the dawn<br \/>\nThough day must be ending<br \/>\nStill will morning come \u2018er long.<\/p>\n<p>So lift your eyes to heaven<br \/>\nWhen your heart has been cast down,<br \/>\nAnd find the hop God\u2019s given<br \/>\nEven at the burial mound.<\/p>\n<p><em>Gloaming of the Heart<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2025 all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because we all have those moments. There is always hope. In the gloaming of the heart When sorrows seem to prey Do not surrender to despair. The soul will find a way. Whether we are lived high To celestial courts above Or our hope dawns again And find hearth, home, and love. Though deepest night&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/03\/11\/gloaming-of-the-heart\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gloaming of the Heart<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":355,"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":[12,20,11],"class_list":["post-353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-hope","tag-mood","tag-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gloaming-of-the-Heart.jpg?fit=600%2C600","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-5H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":501,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/12\/01\/decisions\/","url_meta":{"origin":353,"position":0},"title":"Decisions","author":"Heather","date":"December 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A poem from my Dwarven Throne world. 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