{"id":2602,"date":"2013-07-31T13:31:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T17:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/petmonarchy.com\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2013-09-30T18:06:03","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T22:06:03","slug":"a-dream-of-light-by-maggie-ringland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petmonarchy.com\/pmworld\/a-dream-of-light-by-maggie-ringland\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dream of Light by Maggie Ringland"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A Dream of Light<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There was one who always<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">listened<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There was one who truly cared<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Who held my heart in his warm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">paws<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And kept it gently there<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">How he wanted to be there for<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When the dark came crowding<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">How he longed to take me in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">his paws but&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He didn&#8217;t know me then<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A Dream of Light was what he<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">was<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As he existed only in my mind<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When I awakened he was gone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Real life has not yet been so<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">kind<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Still I know he&#8217;s somewhere for<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In another time and place<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And when we meet in a<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">magic moment<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I trust I&#8217;ll recognize his face<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For who am I to rightly judge<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The genuine from the sham<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Didn&#8217;t I feel his presence sure<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and true?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wasn&#8217;t that where it all began?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/petmonarchy.com\/a-dream-of-light-by-maggie-ringland\/a-dream-of-light\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2610\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2610\" alt=\"A Dream of Light\" src=\"https:\/\/petmonarchy.com\/pmworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/A-Dream-of-Light-e1375299518908-300x222.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maggie Ringland<br \/>\n\u00a91983<\/p>\n<p>You may contact Maggie Ringland @Margiemargaret1<\/p>\n<p>Dedicated to my future cat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Dream of Light There was one who always listened There was one who truly cared Who held my heart in his warm paws And kept it gently there &nbsp; 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