{"id":3229,"date":"2006-12-10T01:04:58","date_gmt":"2006-12-10T08:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/?p=3229"},"modified":"2017-02-08T21:06:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T04:06:24","slug":"hallelujah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/art\/writing\/hallelujah\/","title":{"rendered":"Hallelujah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to a Mom\u2019s refrains<br \/>\nHer soft voice is soothing pains<br \/>\nCradled babe in bosom tight<br \/>\nCelebrate the peaceful sight<\/p>\n<p>Blazing light as each sword drops<br \/>\nEach corner lit, the wars will stop.<br \/>\n\u201cHallelujah\u201d, end of war<br \/>\nWord to praise each laying sword<br \/>\nShe lifts Him up\u2014sings this word<br \/>\nBringing peace around the world<br \/>\nRepeat the word, solve our plight.<br \/>\n\u201cHallelujah,\u201d Silent Night.<\/p>\n<p>Baby coos are holy hymns<br \/>\nSighs to raise the spirits dimmed.<br \/>\nLet your tongue join in the fight;<br \/>\nLet your voice ring bright tonight.<br \/>\nSing with mothers from your heart<br \/>\nFrom the place where Peace will start.<br \/>\nSoftly sing to make things right:<br \/>\n\u201cHallelujah\u201d, Holy Night.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to a Mom\u2019s refrains Her soft voice is soothing pains Cradled babe in bosom tight Celebrate the peaceful sight Blazing light as each sword drops Each corner lit, the wars will stop. \u201cHallelujah\u201d, end<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/art\/writing\/hallelujah\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,71,73,24],"tags":[708],"class_list":["post-3229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creative-writing","category-peace","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-melwrite"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hallelujah - M. 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