{"id":84850039,"date":"2022-11-16T04:56:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T04:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=84850039"},"modified":"2022-11-16T04:56:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T04:56:02","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-rainy-day-beholding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=84850039","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Rainy Day Beholding"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A poem after beholding a rainy day.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/57e027c1-0e7f-427b-b97e-b529ae04bd26_3127x4691.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a brown leaf floating in rainwater. Another leaf floats in front of it, while orange light reflects off the surface.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@theonlynoonan?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">John Noonan<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/rain?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rainy Day Beholding<\/h3><p>The gentle patter<\/p><p>soft drip-drop steps<\/p><p>against earth and roof<\/p><p>Heavy, looming clouds<\/p><p>draping the sky, cloaking<\/p><p>with a peaceful gloom<\/p><p>Old Gods racing chariots<\/p><p>hooves rumbling, pounding<\/p><p>thrumming in my mind<\/p><p>Rains running, cleansing<\/p><p>washing away the old<\/p><p>for new cycles unfolding<\/p><p>Gray, blanketing<\/p><p>with mind just as unclear<\/p><p>choices that must be made<\/p><p>Divine steeds charging<\/p><p>thundering over plains<\/p><p>humming in my mind<\/p><p>Chariot wheels spinning<\/p><p>my mind equally turning<\/p><p>striving for insights<\/p><p>Clarity in raindrops<\/p><p>seeping, pouring<\/p><p>that my mind may see<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem after beholding a rainy day.<\/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-84850039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84850039","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=84850039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84850039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84850039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84850039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84850039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}