{"id":88228,"date":"2021-06-26T10:23:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T14:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=88228"},"modified":"2021-06-29T21:59:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T01:59:27","slug":"river-of-heaven-hour-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/river-of-heaven-hour-two\/","title":{"rendered":"River of Heaven &#8211; HOUR TWO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-88680\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3716-River-of-Heaven-Acrylic-on-Canvas-16-x-48-inches-Copyright-Wendie-Donabie-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3716-River-of-Heaven-Acrylic-on-Canvas-16-x-48-inches-Copyright-Wendie-Donabie-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3716-River-of-Heaven-Acrylic-on-Canvas-16-x-48-inches-Copyright-Wendie-Donabie.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>River of Heaven<\/h3>\n<p>(inspired by my painting, River of Heaven)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On those darkest of nights<\/p>\n<p>you stretch your brilliance over us,<\/p>\n<p>glittering points of light<\/p>\n<p>held within your celestial grasp.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We who fear the dark, close our eyes,<\/p>\n<p>yet here is where you shine the brightest<\/p>\n<p>in the dark<\/p>\n<p>you show us<\/p>\n<p>the possibilities that light obscures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We who do not fear the dark<\/p>\n<p>are drawn to you,<\/p>\n<p>seekers, adventurers, explorers,<\/p>\n<p>finding truths<\/p>\n<p>to share in the light.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As night moves into day,<\/p>\n<p>you travel on<\/p>\n<p>your endless journey<\/p>\n<p>always returning to remind us<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is always hope<\/p>\n<p>There is always a way<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>River of Heaven (inspired by my painting, River of Heaven) &nbsp; On those darkest of nights you stretch your brilliance over us, glittering points of light held within your celestial grasp. &nbsp; We who fear the dark, close our eyes, yet here is where you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1411,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1411"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88228"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103789,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88228\/revisions\/103789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}