{"id":120,"date":"2023-02-13T06:24:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T14:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/?p=120"},"modified":"2026-02-13T12:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:47:13","slug":"a-message-to-thee-part-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/a-message-to-thee-part-17\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message to thee \u2026 Part 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">I stood there yesterday, with your memory so close<br>With loved ones around me, remembering you with a prose<br>Paying a visit, like I used to do<br>To let you know I still remember, with memories so hard to lose<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty years have passed, since we said goodbye<br>Months, years, and decades have passed by<br>I still come here to remind you<br>That this fire will never die<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I tell you, we are alright<br>With a dream to make you proud, holding on so tight<br>Your legacy, still holding my head up high<br>A motivation, that helps me choose what&#8217;s right<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Making sure I remind you, that love is all around<br>With my face looking into the distance, with glory abound<br>No matter what hiccups came my way<br>Everyday, still making ground<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here to remind you, and renew my everlasting vow<br>The soldier still fights, inside, outside, then and now<br>Your righteous kindness, and memories of joy<br>With every step, making ground, anywhere, anyhow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I still miss you, and remember every minute<br>Every word you told me, and every memory so vivid<br>No matter where I am, I still yearn for you<br>With god&#8217;s wind beneath my wing, there&#8217;s never a limit<\/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>I stood there yesterday, with your memory so closeWith loved ones around me, remembering you with a prosePaying a visit, like I used to doTo let you know I still remember, with memories so hard to lose Twenty years have passed, since we said goodbyeMonths, years, and decades have passed byI still come here to &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","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\/120","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=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.slangonline.com\/throughmyeyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}