{"id":466,"date":"2025-10-20T12:58:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=466"},"modified":"2025-10-20T12:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:58:19","slug":"for-edward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/10\/20\/for-edward\/","title":{"rendered":"For Edward"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone has a hero. Sebastian\u2019s hero just happens to be his biggest brother. And what kid wouldn\u2019t love to have a brother that killed monsters for a living? No monsters under HIS bed! (Yes I have silly characters who give me songs with backstories.)
\n<\/em>
\nMy brother hunts the monsters underneath my bed.
\nHe makes them so afraid, they will not show their heads.
\nHe hunts them in the wilds each and every day.
\nAnd when he comes home, he\u2019s scared them all away.<\/p>\n

Sometimes the monsters do things that seem to break his heart.
\nHe sits down in the study, quiet and apart.
\nI take out my viola, but stay out of his way.
\nAnd if he hasn\u2019t seen me, I begin to play.<\/p>\n

The songs are very simple, not like father makes,
\nBut Edward doesn\u2019t seem to mind any of my mistakes.
\nI can see him listen so I always do my best
\nAnd like the music helps me, it seems to help him rest.<\/p>\n

He has to hunt the monsters in villages and woods
\nBecause they are always doing things that no one should
\nBut Edward hunts them down and brings everybody home.
\nSo I play for him so he is not alone.<\/p>\n

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

Everyone has a hero. Sebastian\u2019s hero just happens to be his biggest brother. And what kid wouldn\u2019t love to have a brother that killed monsters for a living? No monsters under HIS bed! (Yes I have silly characters who give me songs with backstories.) My brother hunts the monsters underneath my bed. He makes them… Read More For Edward<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":467,"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":[27,19,29,12,11,18,25],"class_list":["post-466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-chiaroscuro","tag-childrens","tag-family","tag-hope","tag-poetry","tag-whimsy","tag-wonder"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/For-Edward.jpg?fit=600%2C600","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-7w","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":463,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/10\/17\/sea-song\/","url_meta":{"origin":466,"position":0},"title":"Sea Song","author":"Heather","date":"October 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many a little boy has dreamed of running away to sea. 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