{"id":131681607,"date":"2023-06-28T15:27:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T15:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=131681607"},"modified":"2023-06-28T15:27:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T15:27:30","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-currents-of-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=131681607","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Currents of the Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A poem about chronic pain and the sacredness found within.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0bcf4d60-8261-485f-a870-d202a88b1eac_2640x1760.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of orange lightning emerging out of dark storm clouds. A small, foliage-covered island is seen on the horizon, while the clouds and lightning reflect in the smooth water below.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@jplenio?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Johannes Plenio<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/lightning?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Currents of the Storm<\/h3><p>Coursing through my nerves,<\/p><p>there\u2019s a storm a-brewing<\/p><p>one of many, teaching.<\/p><p>\u2018Tis one of the rhythms,<\/p><p>bolts and zaps singeing me<\/p><p>from within, its mark unseen.<\/p><p>Tempted to curse my luck<\/p><p>with the way this illness<\/p><p>limits me, like a weight.<\/p><p>Weak, useless, tired<\/p><p>my mind its own enemy,<\/p><p>downed and defeated.<\/p><p>I recall His own pain,<\/p><p>the loss and struggles<\/p><p>He must\u2019ve felt.<\/p><p>Yet, I persevere,<\/p><p>feeling the currents<\/p><p>in Nodens\u2019 blessed rain.<\/p><p>In the endless battles,<\/p><p>His rainfall cleanses me, despite<\/p><p>the storm\u2019s arcs within.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem about chronic pain and the sacredness found within.<\/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-131681607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131681607","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=131681607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131681607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131681607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131681607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131681607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}