{"id":244,"date":"2021-03-27T03:25:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T03:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ginabrillante.com\/?p=244"},"modified":"2026-07-07T00:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T00:41:28","slug":"words-without-lightening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ginabrillante.com\/?p=244","title":{"rendered":"Words Without Lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ginabrillante.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-26-at-11.51.57-PM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-300\" src=\"http:\/\/ginabrillante.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-26-at-11.51.57-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2021-03-26 at 11.51.57 PM\" width=\"399\" height=\"572\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Words Without Lightning<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It\u2019s Christmas.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">It\u2019s Christmas. So regardless of any present<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">darkness and that which might be close behind,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">there is conviction. There is longing,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">there is hope, because there has to be.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The whispered blessing draped in sin just might<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">save us after all. Our words without lightening,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">our actions frail, wisdom still green after so many,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">too many, chances. The sun, a facade of endless light,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">and to learn not only of its surrender<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">but of the relieving darkness is a knowledge<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">that colors all else: thoughts stirring toward a climax,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">hesitations itching for a turning point. It colors<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">even the thought of you, my friend. Then we see<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">with precision perhaps only out of necessity,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">breathe with intentionality only for the flower<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">that never made it to full bloom. It\u2019s up to us, now,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">not to forget that darkness or to pretend<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">we were untouched by the nightmare. But to use it.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Use it and be blessed. Hang on to rain, for the memory<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">of lightening. Hang on to lightening, so when you love,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">you \u201clove with a love that is more than love.\u201d*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">*<em>Edgar Allen Poe<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words Without Lightning It\u2019s Christmas. It\u2019s Christmas. So regardless of any present darkness and that which might be close behind, there is conviction. There is longing, there is hope, because there has to be. The whispered blessing draped in sin just might save us after all. 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