{"id":138845,"date":"2023-09-02T23:41:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T03:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=138845"},"modified":"2023-09-02T23:41:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T03:41:09","slug":"fulfilled-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/fulfilled-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulfilled Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hour 14<\/em><\/p>\n

Little light<\/p>\n

Bright warm glow<\/p>\n

You pulse in my hands cupped together<\/p>\n

I cannot help but keep glancing down at you<\/p>\n

You are my little light<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I used to always stare up at you in the dark night sky<\/p>\n

Reach my arms up to grasp at you<\/p>\n

Dismay at how unreachable you appeared to be<\/p>\n

From one end of the globe to the other<\/p>\n

You shined steadily overhead<\/p>\n

Until one day I reached up<\/p>\n

And pulled back to find you finally in the palm of my hand<\/p>\n

You are my little light<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You are smaller than you seemed up there<\/p>\n

But with you in my hands I feel invincible<\/p>\n

Your gravitational pull keeps me steady on my feet<\/p>\n

Ready to face each day<\/p>\n

Like a great old tree with roots stretching deep in the ground<\/p>\n

Fuelled by the strength and courage you give me<\/p>\n

My little light<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

As I hold up my cupped hands together with you in them<\/p>\n

And face my creator<\/p>\n

I am almost at a loss for what to say<\/p>\n

Because what more could I ask for<\/p>\n

Night and day I asked Him for you<\/p>\n

Wondering if I should not aim too high<\/p>\n

Yet here you are in my hands<\/p>\n

My little light<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Someday I may put you back in a new spot in the night sky<\/p>\n

So that I can stare up at you again<\/p>\n

Climb even greater mountains<\/p>\n

Jump higher than I have ever jumped<\/p>\n

To try and grasp you again<\/p>\n

But for now I hold you in my hands<\/p>\n

Gaze at your bright warm glow<\/p>\n

My little light.<\/p>\n

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