{"id":10955,"date":"2016-11-09T11:29:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T16:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=10955"},"modified":"2016-11-09T11:29:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T16:29:29","slug":"nothing-can-hold-back-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=10955","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Nothing can hold back the night&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tLCXt4d-wz0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the beginning<br \/>\nThere was the cold and the night<br \/>\nProphets and angels gave us the fire and the light<br \/>\nMan was triumphant<br \/>\nArmed with the faith and the will<br \/>\nThat even the darkest ages couldn&#8217;t kill<\/p>\n<p>Too many kingdoms<br \/>\nToo many flags on the field<br \/>\nSo many battles, so many wounds to be healed<br \/>\nTime is relentless<br \/>\nOnly true love perseveres<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a long time and now I&#8217;m with you<br \/>\nAfter two thousand years<\/p>\n<p>This is our moment<br \/>\nHere at the crossroads of time<br \/>\nWe hope our children carry our dreams down the line<br \/>\nThey are the vintage<br \/>\nWhat kind of life will they live?<br \/>\nIs this a curse or a blessing that we give?<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I wonder<br \/>\nWhy are we so blind to fate?<br \/>\nWithout compassion, there can be no end to hate<br \/>\nNo end to sorrow<br \/>\nCaused by the same endless fears<\/p>\n<p>Why can&#8217;t we learn from all we&#8217;ve been through<br \/>\nAfter two thousand years?<\/p>\n<p>There will be miracles<br \/>\nAfter the last war is won<br \/>\nScience and poetry ruling the new world to come<\/p>\n<p>Prophets and angels<br \/>\nGave us the power to see<br \/>\nWhat an amazing future there will be<\/p>\n<p>And in the evening<br \/>\nAfter the fire and the light<br \/>\nOne thing is certain: Nothing can hold back the night<\/p>\n<p>Time is relentless<br \/>\nAnd as the past disappears<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re on the verge of all things new<\/p>\n<p>We are two thousand years<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We might not get through this. Many lives will be lost. Many people will be irrevocably scarred. If you have true love in your heart, I have true love for you. I mourn with you. Even if we&#8217;re not okay. Even if the country falls apart. You matter to me.<\/p>\n<p>Stay safe. Take care of yourselves. Find solace where you can, even if only for a moment. For me, that&#8217;s believing that there will be miracles after the last war is won. I love you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the beginning There was the cold and the night Prophets and angels gave us the fire and the light Man was triumphant Armed with&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=10955\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Nothing can hold back the night&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10956,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10955\/revisions\/10956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}