{"id":360,"date":"2025-03-31T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T21:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=360"},"modified":"2025-04-01T09:55:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:55:03","slug":"wandering-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/03\/31\/wandering-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Wandering Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bit of whimsy for your day. I hope you enjoy it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Time\u2019s abyss softly hums to the tune of empty dreams.
\nThen dawn throws back the cloak of night where naught is as it seems.
\nIllusions fade to day\u2019s soft rise in a moment of quiet grey,
\nAnd all the dreams that ever were, bow and fade away.<\/p>\n

Yet echo there the songs of care, that keep our hope alive
\nAnd the dreams, though gone, linger on and bid us still to strive.
\nFor dreams of night are fancies that may be bad or good
\nBut the dreams of day are answers that we have not understood.<\/p>\n

Let winding fancy lead you, with wisdom close to hand
\nLet hope\u2019s bright light precede you, as you journey in the land.
\nFor all of us must wander, in heart if not in fact
\nAnd be about our labors whether concrete or abstract.<\/p>\n

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

A bit of whimsy for your day. I hope you enjoy it. Time\u2019s abyss softly hums to the tune of empty dreams. Then dawn throws back the cloak of night where naught is as it seems. 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