{"id":144863296,"date":"2024-05-22T13:02:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T13:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=144863296"},"modified":"2024-05-22T13:02:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T13:02:03","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-threads-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=144863296","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Threads of Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A poem reflecting on the little things that link us to our past.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/626a6aaf-9484-4ebe-bf36-e87ff3300c1e_3914x4431.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a spiderweb shining in the dark, with light coming from the side.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@rgaleriacom?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Ricardo Gomez Angel<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/spider-web-close-up-photography-DpV__Z32awo?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Threads of Light<\/h3><p>I wonder as I remember you,<\/p><p>do those who left a spark in one another<\/p><p>find some ways to remember each other by?<\/p><p>Those ancestors of not long ago<\/p><p>that I readily recall, as fireworks<\/p><p>lighting up my mind, blooming<\/p><p>Threads connecting us,<\/p><p>strengthening bonds<\/p><p>in the smallest of ways<\/p><p>An embrace,<\/p><p>a movie,<\/p><p>a craft, all threads of life<\/p><p>Woven together<\/p><p>to even older ones,<\/p><p>bound by small gifts<\/p><p>They and we, as receivers<\/p><p>of gifts and shows of love<\/p><p>reach near infinity.<\/p><p>Back and forth,<\/p><p>\u2018tween there and here,<\/p><p>we build a radiant tapestry.<\/p><p>Tiny threads span time<\/p><p>leap past locations,<\/p><p>from me to you, from you to them<\/p><p>We never know<\/p><p>how great the smallest<\/p><p>of gifts can be the brightest of lights.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem reflecting on the little things that link us to our past.<\/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-144863296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144863296","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=144863296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144863296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144863296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144863296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144863296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}