{"id":527,"date":"2026-01-19T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=527"},"modified":"2026-01-17T16:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T22:35:32","slug":"weaving-the-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2026\/01\/19\/weaving-the-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Weaving the Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>Wandering through some thoughts in the world I\u2019ve been playing in.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What brings a name through the depths of time?<br \/>\nMust it be yours or even mine?<br \/>\nWhat calls the soul that still would be?<br \/>\nThat echoes in eternity?<\/p>\n<p>Listen well in silence bound<br \/>\nWhere finding is itself profound.<br \/>\nListen there in dark of night<br \/>\nWhere beating heart comes to the light.<\/p>\n<p>What answers to a weary soul?<br \/>\nThough it be broken or still whole.<br \/>\nWhat comes through night to break of day?<br \/>\nAnd refuses calls to fade away?<\/p>\n<p>What naming brings the soul to life?<br \/>\nThrough eddied flow of weary strife?<br \/>\nWhat simple truth rests in a name?<br \/>\nThe answer bound in steady flame.<\/p>\n<p>So listen when your name is called<br \/>\nThough to duty or hope enthralled.<br \/>\nSpin the light that binds your soul<br \/>\nTo journey\u2019s end through rocky shoal.<\/p>\n<p>A weaving make to bind the day<br \/>\nAnd keep your soul sharp as you may.<br \/>\nA threshold drawn to hold the line<br \/>\nThat weaves itself on through time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Weaving the Name<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2025 all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wandering through some thoughts in the world I\u2019ve been playing in. What brings a name through the depths of time? Must it be yours or even mine? What calls the soul that still would be? That echoes in eternity? Listen well in silence bound Where finding is itself profound. Listen there in dark of night&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2026\/01\/19\/weaving-the-name\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weaving the Name<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":528,"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":[21,23,20,16,11,30,18],"class_list":["post-527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-faith","tag-light","tag-mood","tag-odd","tag-poetry","tag-thoughts","tag-whimsy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Weaving-the-Name.jpg?fit=600%2C600","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-8v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":412,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/07\/25\/soul-night\/","url_meta":{"origin":527,"position":0},"title":"Soul Night","author":"Heather","date":"July 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"It has been a rough several years. 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