{"id":110,"date":"2022-02-13T13:11:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T21:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/?p=110"},"modified":"2026-02-13T12:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:47:20","slug":"a-message-to-thee-part-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/a-message-to-thee-part-16\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message to thee &#8230; Part 16"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">This heart that keeps on giving, has never gone astray<br>This love you had for me, will never go away<br>Today I am reaching out again, like I always do<br>To let you know, I will forever cherish this day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, I write another message to you<br>A message of love, hope and a vow to renew<br>I miss your smile, and your gentle heart<br>For God be my witness, you are a reason for me to grow<br><br>Still going strong, with inner wars to overcome<br>Still standing up straight, I don&#8217;t fear no drum<br>With my shoulders back, like you are supposed to be<br>With unconditional faith, till glory is set to come<br><br>Many years have passed since you told me<br>That you loved me, with many reasons to be free<br>To shatter the weakness, to build one&#8217;s pride<br>To plant a man, more than just a tree<br><br>Today I miss you, like I always do<br>But you&#8217;re beside me, in my thoughts to help me cut through<br>In my continuous journey to realize what&#8217;s worth fighting for<br>In my journey to understand, when it&#8217;s time to down throw<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tonight, I am here to renew my vow<br>The memory of you still helps me know how<br>May God always be by my side, as the soldier matures and grows<br>And you&#8217;re always in my prayers, then, and now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><font size=\"1\">Another Piece \u2026 <font color=\"#cc0000\">Through My Eyes<\/font><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This heart that keeps on giving, has never gone astrayThis love you had for me, will never go awayToday I am reaching out again, like I always doTo let you know, I will forever cherish this day Today, I write another message to youA message of love, hope and a vow to renewI miss your &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-through-my-eyes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118,"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions\/118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}