{"id":555,"date":"2026-05-06T16:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=555"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:49:24","slug":"final-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2026\/05\/06\/final-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my Blackwood world, the creation myth (which is another poem here: <\/em>Blade of Dawn<\/em><\/a>) involves the first dawn being literally cut from the darkness. And in that world in Albion they speak of life being woven. So death is the final cut, the complete tapestry for this world looking on to the next.<\/em><\/p>\n

Drops of red at cut of day
\nWashing hope and life away.
\nQuiet strains of passing song
\nCarry the weary soul along.<\/p>\n

Woven the life of hope and steel.
\nWoven the life through woe and weal.
\nWoven with threads of family strong.
\nWoven the path they built along.<\/p>\n

Life closes in on the final cut
\nAnd bears its witness at the door now shut:
\nHonor forged through days of pain,
\nLabors made through loss and gain.<\/p>\n

Death comes at last with dagger sharp
\nTo cut the threads and bind the warp.
\nA final weave the life will show
\nMade thread by thread the pattern grows.<\/p>\n

Do not fear the sword of death
\nWhen shuddering life bears the cleft.
\nThe final cut of life sustained
\nBinds tight the threads so richly gained.<\/p>\n

Final Cut<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2026 all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my Blackwood world, the creation myth (which is another poem here: Blade of Dawn) involves the first dawn being literally cut from the darkness. And in that world in Albion they speak of life being woven. So death is the final cut, the complete tapestry for this world looking on to the next. 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