{"id":494,"date":"2025-11-19T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T22:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=494"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:17:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:17:33","slug":"riddle-charm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/11\/19\/riddle-charm\/","title":{"rendered":"Riddle Charm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>A riddle one of my characters presented people trying to break into his mind. I hope you enjoy it more than the people he gave it to did.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chord on chord you must unbind<br \/>\nIf you want to win my mind.<\/p>\n<p>Father, son, and spirit strong<br \/>\nGuard the gates for ages long.<br \/>\nRead my riddle if you dare<br \/>\nIf you want to lay me bare.<\/p>\n<p>Youngest born, oldest chained<br \/>\nWhat was lost was then regained.<br \/>\nA song of danger, old and grim<br \/>\nBrought to heel through spirit-kin.<\/p>\n<p>Chord on chord you must unbind<br \/>\nIf you want to win my mind.<\/p>\n<p>Fire born and shadow bound<br \/>\nFriend to Lord, friend to hound.<br \/>\nBroken magic long ago<br \/>\nBrought to light to now regrow.<\/p>\n<p>Soft as memory, hard as steel<br \/>\nBound by woe, freed by weal,<br \/>\nHear you now my riddle song<br \/>\nAnd bind yourselves in this wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Chord on chord you must unbind<br \/>\nIf you want to win my mind.<\/p>\n<p><em>Riddle Charm<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2025 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A riddle one of my characters presented people trying to break into his mind. I hope you enjoy it more than the people he gave it to did. Chord on chord you must unbind If you want to win my mind. Father, son, and spirit strong Guard the gates for ages long. Read my riddle&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/11\/19\/riddle-charm\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Riddle Charm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":495,"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":[28,24,22,16,11,17],"class_list":["post-494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-adventure","tag-fairies","tag-grim","tag-odd","tag-poetry","tag-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Riddle-Charm.jpg?fit=600%2C600","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-7Y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":539,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2026\/04\/15\/onward-to-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":494,"position":0},"title":"Onward to Life","author":"Heather","date":"April 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Another one from Sebastian Blackwood (Character of mine). 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The crushing weight of duty Like irons weighing down The love of kin and country Pile lead upon the crown. While his heart seeks out an answer His mind is giving in. 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