{"id":405,"date":"2025-07-21T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=405"},"modified":"2025-07-21T17:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:14:00","slug":"405","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/07\/21\/405\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because we all need hope.<\/em><\/p>\n

A brighter world tomorrow
\nThan the one we have today
\nAnd sharpest grief and sorrow
\nHave somehow flown away.<\/p>\n

The dying of the sunset
\nAnd dawning of the night
\nCause fire in our gullet
\nAs we begin what\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

But labor is not over
\nThe work shall ever be
\nThe heather and the clover
\nWill sing to you and me.<\/p>\n

For the world is ours aborning
\nWith dreams and toils, too.
\nAnd the day that comes with morning
\nSha uplift me and you.<\/p>\n

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

Because we all need hope. A brighter world tomorrow Than the one we have today And sharpest grief and sorrow Have somehow flown away. The dying of the sunset And dawning of the night Cause fire in our gullet As we begin what\u2019s right. 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