{"id":611,"date":"2026-10-14T16:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T21:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=611"},"modified":"2026-10-14T14:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T19:46:04","slug":"sparks-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2026\/10\/14\/sparks-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparks of the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>Something shiny and hopeful for your enjoyment today.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cinders bloom across the sky<br \/>\nEchoes of time that flare and die.<br \/>\nShining bright against the stars<br \/>\nCalling back all that\u2019s ours.<\/p>\n<p>Sing the stars a welcome song.<br \/>\nLet the fire echo along.<br \/>\nLift up hands to days begun,<br \/>\nThen turn to labors that most be done.<\/p>\n<p>No work is vain that lifts the soul.<br \/>\nNo simple task that makes us whole.<br \/>\nThough weary body and heavy breast<br \/>\nFind the distance left a heavy test.<\/p>\n<p>Still every day we work anew<br \/>\nAnd do what little we can do.<br \/>\nYet we find when work is done<br \/>\nSo much that is we have begun.<\/p>\n<p>So light a spark within the sky.<br \/>\nLet it burn, though it will die.<br \/>\nThe future comes on tiny wings<br \/>\nMade of ten thousand daily things.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sparks of the Future<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2026 all rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something shiny and hopeful for your enjoyment today. Cinders bloom across the sky Echoes of time that flare and die. Shining bright against the stars Calling back all that\u2019s ours. Sing the stars a welcome song. Let the fire echo along. Lift up hands to days begun, Then turn to labors that most be done.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2026\/10\/14\/sparks-of-the-future\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sparks of the Future<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,13],"tags":[12,23,20,11,18,25],"class_list":["post-611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-hope","tag-light","tag-mood","tag-poetry","tag-whimsy","tag-wonder"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-9R","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":460,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/10\/15\/coming-of-dawn\/","url_meta":{"origin":611,"position":0},"title":"Coming of Dawn","author":"Heather","date":"October 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A bit more of a hopeful one than has come to me lately. 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