{"id":497,"date":"2025-11-24T16:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T22:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=497"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T22:23:36","slug":"song-against-the-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/11\/24\/song-against-the-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"Song Against the Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bit of hope to hold you through the rest of the day.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lift up your head, drive out fear.
\nLift up your voice for all to hear.
\nLet no terror in the night
\nHold your soul chained up tight.<\/p>\n

Hold to joy, make hope a shield
\nLaughter is our sword to wield.
\nLet the hearth burn in your hearts
\nHome and kin and simple arts.<\/p>\n

Love and memory weave and bind
\nAll that\u2019s good within our minds.
\nThough pain must come to every soul
\nMemory keeps the bedrock whole.<\/p>\n

So wrap yourself in all that\u2019s good
\nIn the place you are understood.
\nKith and kin gather round
\nThough they be born or they be found.<\/p>\n

Lift up your head and drive out fear
\nSing now and always all that\u2019s dear.
\nNo terror holds in any night
\nWhere singing souls bear the light.<\/p>\n

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

A bit of hope to hold you through the rest of the day. Lift up your head, drive out fear. Lift up your voice for all to hear. Let no terror in the night Hold your soul chained up tight. Hold to joy, make hope a shield Laughter is our sword to wield. 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