{"id":44443101,"date":"2021-11-23T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=44443101"},"modified":"2021-11-23T14:00:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T14:00:38","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-gifts-of-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=44443101","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Gifts of Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A poem inspired by an oracle reading during my flamekeeping shift.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/3f9481b8-b921-475c-b171-ffa517ddefec_5541x4000.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a pair of hands holding a bellows to furnish a fire in a stone fireplace, causing sparks to fly into the air.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@quentintvr?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">quentin touvard<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/bellows-fire?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gifts of Rest<\/h3><p>Rest,<\/p><p>She told me,<\/p><p>a simple yet deep message.<\/p><p>The blanket of sleep<\/p><p>a weight on my eyes and limbs,<\/p><p>drawing me downward.<\/p><p>A quiet respite<\/p><p>calling to me<\/p><p>of greater things.<\/p><p>Reviving sleep<\/p><p>the ladle to my lips<\/p><p>a sip from Your well.<\/p><p>To heal me,<\/p><p>restore me,<\/p><p>mend me.<\/p><p>In the burgeoning darkness,<\/p><p>imagination is kindled,<\/p><p>stirring the flame to life.<\/p><p>Of my hearth,<\/p><p>my head,<\/p><p>my heart.<\/p><p>Behind my closed eyes<\/p><p>my slow breaths, a bellows<\/p><p>on my inner flame.<\/p><p>Curled within my bedding,<\/p><p>Your mantle holding me tight<\/p><p>a cocoon of blessing.<\/p><p>As my inner cauldrons slumber,<\/p><p>they brew and bubble<\/p><p>and incubate dreams.<\/p><p>My mind inspired,<\/p><p>my body strengthened,<\/p><p>my spirit brightened.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem inspired by an oracle reading during my flamekeeping shift.<\/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-44443101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44443101","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=44443101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44443101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44443101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44443101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44443101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}