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Lift up your heads, O gates;
\nrise up, you ancient portals,
\nthat the king of glory may enter.<\/em>
\nPsalm 24: 7<\/span><\/p>\n

Let the bleak & angled
\nlight enter<\/span>
\nthe earth & its barbed mangle.
\nIts power<\/span><\/p>\n

will alter you, who
\ncould admit<\/span>
\nno light, you, entombed
\nlike a twig<\/span><\/p>\n

encased in ice, as night
\nbegins to flee<\/span>
\nthe slowly emerging
\ntrees, you who see<\/span><\/p>\n

death, death in all things
\nincubating,<\/span>
\n& not its bless\u00e9d
\nopposite.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lift up your heads, O gates; rise up, you ancient portals, that the king of glory may enter. Psalm 24: 7 Let the bleak & angled light enter the earth & its barbed mangle. Its power will alter you, who could admit no light, you, entombed like a twig encased in ice, as night begins…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"issue":[10],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDawn Prayer | Pensive Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pensivejournal.com\/poetry\/dawn-prayer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dawn Prayer | Pensive Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lift up your heads, O gates; rise up, you ancient portals, that the king of glory may enter. 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