{"id":9700,"date":"2024-11-04T14:15:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=9700"},"modified":"2024-11-04T14:30:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:30:25","slug":"moon-and-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=9700","title":{"rendered":"moon and stars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>when young ~<br>the early years<br><em>I<\/em> gazed longingly<br>up at the moon and stars<br>far away<br>and day dreamed<br>about my future <br>what <em>I<\/em><br>hoped to accomplish<br>while alive in NATURE ~<br><br>now older ~<br>the seasoned years<br><em>I<\/em> gaze longingly<br>up at the moon and stars<br>and think<br><em>I<\/em> have journeyed afar<br>but not far enough<br>still the heavens<br>NATURE&#8217;S full glory<br>I have not reached ~<br><br>though aged ~ <br>and death calls<br>ominously<br>to say<br>~ be there soon <br>my willful spirit<br>which pumps<br>through my veins<br>as far as<br>hopes and dreams<br>are still<br>very much<br>young of heart<br>even though  ~<br>in spite of <br>how far <br>how much time<br>it may seem<br><em>I<\/em> have left to go ~<br><br>as <em>I<\/em> gaze longingly<br>up at the moon and stars<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~peace out~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Words by  ~Keith Alan Hamilton~  (~KAH~)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>when young ~the early yearsI gazed longinglyup at the moon and starsfar awayand day dreamedabout my future what Ihoped to accomplishwhile alive in NATURE ~ now older ~the seasoned yearsI gaze longinglyup at the moon and starsand thinkI have journeyed afarbut not far enoughstill the heavensNATURE&#8217;S full gloryI have not reached ~ though aged ~ &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=9700\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;moon and stars&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordimagerystyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9700"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9706,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9700\/revisions\/9706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}