{"id":114240145,"date":"2023-04-12T13:01:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=114240145"},"modified":"2023-04-12T13:01:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:01:48","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-water-of-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=114240145","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Water of Ages"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The second poem for National Poetry Month.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/202dd974-4075-4d4b-8194-d1c0294c562f_5875x3916.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of circular ripples in dark-colored water. Orange light is reflected in the center.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/ko\/@bielmorro?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Biel Morro<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/water-ripple?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Water of Ages<\/h3><p>The rain drums against the roof,<\/p><p>as echos through time and space.<\/p><p>Each drop, every ripple<\/p><p>a stream on its journey.<\/p><p>Never-ending, ever-cycling<\/p><p>from rain clouds to the great seas.<\/p><p>From a far-flung star<\/p><p>to Your sacred wells.<\/p><p>From feeding wisdom-laden hazel trees<\/p><p>to healing ills with blessed water.<\/p><p>With Primal fires sparking from the dark depths,<\/p><p>Your inspiration born and gifted to Your favored.<\/p><p>The fluid rhythm drums on, carrying<\/p><p>the song of Creation through the ages.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second poem for National Poetry Month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114240145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114240145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114240145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114240145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114240145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114240145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114240145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}