{"id":581,"date":"2026-08-28T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=581"},"modified":"2026-08-28T15:02:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T20:02:53","slug":"the-brightness-between","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2026\/08\/28\/the-brightness-between\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brightness Between"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thoughts inspired by some friends of mine. I hope you enjoy it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Between the light and darkness
\nThe breath of life begins
\nThe spirit stops and harkens
\nTo the kindled flame within.<\/p>\n

No bright and blazing glory
\nThough that draws the spirit on
\nNo dark and dragging fury
\nThough that shackles them to wrong.<\/p>\n

But breath on breath is taken
\nBetween the two extremes
\nThough the brightness ever beckons
\nAnd the darkness ever screams.<\/p>\n

But the truth of life presiding
\nO\u2019er every trembling soul
\nLives in whispers now residing
\nBetween the rocky shoals.<\/p>\n

The light brings hope to our striving
\nThe darkness warning, yes and fear.
\nYet, life is not in the arriving
\nBut in the winding journey dear.<\/p>\n

So when darkness looms yet o\u2019er you
\nTurn your face towards the sun.
\nWe walk the path it brightens
\nAnd live where day\u2019s begun.<\/p>\n

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

Thoughts inspired by some friends of mine. I hope you enjoy it. Between the light and darkness The breath of life begins The spirit stops and harkens To the kindled flame within. No bright and blazing glory Though that draws the spirit on No dark and dragging fury Though that shackles them to wrong. 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