{"id":513,"date":"2025-12-17T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=513"},"modified":"2025-12-17T06:23:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:23:56","slug":"walker-between","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/12\/17\/walker-between\/","title":{"rendered":"Walker Between"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>This is the other side of one I did a long time ago \u201cDuke of Bones\u201d. Same character, from the perspective of those he protects rather than hunts. I hope you enjoy. He\u2019s an odd one.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He walks the weave<br \/>\nHe walks the cuts<br \/>\nHe walks the lines between<\/p>\n<p>Where bound\u2019ry meets<br \/>\nThe sundered net<br \/>\nAnd courage walks unseen.<\/p>\n<p>He walks the edge<br \/>\nOf night and day<br \/>\nAnd shadowed forest green.<\/p>\n<p>The forest rests<br \/>\nThe evening waits.<br \/>\nThe quiet morning gleam.<\/p>\n<p>He comes to cut<br \/>\nThe morning light<br \/>\nAnd end an ugly dream.<\/p>\n<p>The darkness sees<br \/>\nThe light holds fast<br \/>\nThe shadows glint and gleam.<\/p>\n<p>Have now no fear<br \/>\nFor still he comes<br \/>\nAnd walks the in-between.<\/p>\n<p><em>Walker Between <\/em>copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2025 all rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the other side of one I did a long time ago \u201cDuke of Bones\u201d. Same character, from the perspective of those he protects rather than hunts. I hope you enjoy. He\u2019s an odd one. He walks the weave He walks the cuts He walks the lines between Where bound\u2019ry meets The sundered net&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/12\/17\/walker-between\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Walker Between<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":514,"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":[28,26,23,20,15,11,25],"class_list":["post-513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-adventure","tag-duty","tag-light","tag-mood","tag-oaths","tag-poetry","tag-wonder"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Walker-Between.jpg?fit=600%2C600","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-8h","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":364,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/04\/01\/dew-in-the-garden\/","url_meta":{"origin":513,"position":0},"title":"Dew in the Garden","author":"Heather","date":"April 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I don\u2019t tend to do April Fools so, instead, have a poem about roses and morning. 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