{"id":80682157,"date":"2022-10-26T01:53:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T01:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=80682157"},"modified":"2022-10-26T01:53:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T01:53:13","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-blessed-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=80682157","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Blessed Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A poem about sacred moments in darkness.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/54ce6c6e-4550-4ddf-984c-1c12a8b66477_5304x7952.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a hand holding a lit tealight candle in its palm, with the fingers slightly curled. The hand is surrounded by darkness.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@jphotography2012?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Eyasu Etsub<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/darkness?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blessed Darkness<\/h3><p>A frustrating blackout<\/p><p>is a moment in time<\/p><p>that holds secrets, sacred enigmas.<\/p><p>The cloaking shadows behind your eyes<\/p><p>lull you into into wonder-filled lands,<\/p><p>places of adventure and potential.<\/p><p>The darkness carries a heavy silence, containing<\/p><p>a cricket\u2019s chirp and primordial beginnings,<\/p><p>small and grand glints of infinity.<\/p><p>The flicker of candlelight against the dark<\/p><p>is a monk\u2019s lantern, giving life<\/p><p>to the golden, many-hued forms on the pages.<\/p><p>A cozy, dark den cradles a fox family,<\/p><p>the roots and moss a canopied bed,<\/p><p>a lullaby of rustling tails and soft breaths.<\/p><p>Murky depths surround the sunlit paradises<\/p><p>of the spirits and the Beloved Dead,<\/p><p>lands of eternal beauty and life.<\/p><p>The shade of the new moon conceals<\/p><p>the returning blessing of its silvery light,<\/p><p>as the cycle turns from summer to winter.<\/p><p>Times of darkness reveal truths,<\/p><p>the sanctity of bright havens,<\/p><p>woven into its very fibers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem about sacred moments in darkness.<\/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-80682157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80682157","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=80682157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80682157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80682157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80682157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80682157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}