{"id":373,"date":"2025-04-11T17:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T22:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=373"},"modified":"2025-04-14T14:19:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T19:19:28","slug":"373","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/04\/11\/373\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some thoughts on secrets. I hope you enjoy.<\/em><\/p>\n

The silence of all secrets
\nShouts louder than a gong
\nAnd everyone who hears it
\nCan\u2019t help but nod along.<\/p>\n

Something stalks the darkness
\nThat black crystal to reveal
\nAnd stills the growing sharpness
\nSo all hope it can steal.<\/p>\n

Each secret is a danger
\nHearts hide with fearful vim
\nLest shadows pull the curtains
\nAnd reveal all that is within.<\/p>\n

Hold not your heart too closely
\nLest secrets ply their doom.
\nLift them up to His forgiveness.
\nKnow His peace both swift and soon.<\/p>\n

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

Some thoughts on secrets. I hope you enjoy. The silence of all secrets Shouts louder than a gong And everyone who hears it Can\u2019t help but nod along. Something stalks the darkness That black crystal to reveal And stills the growing sharpness So all hope it can steal. Each secret is a danger Hearts hide… Read More Crystal Secrets<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":374,"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":[16,11,18],"class_list":["post-373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-odd","tag-poetry","tag-whimsy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Crystal-Secrets.jpg?fit=600%2C600","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sarUcj-373","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":402,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/07\/16\/gates-of-fairy-land\/","url_meta":{"origin":373,"position":0},"title":"Gates of Fairy Land","author":"Heather","date":"July 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Not all the things we out grow are imaginary. 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