{"id":128589,"date":"2022-09-16T16:13:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T23:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=128589"},"modified":"2022-09-16T16:13:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T23:13:16","slug":"wayfaring-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2022\/09\/16\/wayfaring-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayfaring Soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Ruwan M Jayatunge<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhrnOoBzVPQdIix6pRFAG1Jjh3OFSRb6cU_-o9uuWZ2zjVeR80zMP8U2rJMEW7VM289Iti29QtSeULyRfvA5ji_7h8Vn7ztWt0jIi4WjDTFPCCecMp-tfLJg0XQz4iATtisCQjmqHX-MAWVQ4J99jaXu0GrvUZKel8rYil2aMXX-m3CkL1hJ1WiSHrb2g\/w476-h262\/117808.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhrnOoBzVPQdIix6pRFAG1Jjh3OFSRb6cU_-o9uuWZ2zjVeR80zMP8U2rJMEW7VM289Iti29QtSeULyRfvA5ji_7h8Vn7ztWt0jIi4WjDTFPCCecMp-tfLJg0XQz4iATtisCQjmqHX-MAWVQ4J99jaXu0GrvUZKel8rYil2aMXX-m3CkL1hJ1WiSHrb2g\/s660\/117808.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a poor wayfaring soldier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I fought in many battles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am wounded and tired<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wasted and have no hope<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I killed many people<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw death and dying<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw burning villages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weeping widows and children<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw dark clouds over me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was not sure of my fate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was an instrument<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had to follow orders<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All I knew was to kill and destroy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, I deserted<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had enough of my share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to leave the battlefield<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started drifting everywhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to go home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to see my family<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to be a civilian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I was far away from my expectations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Ruwan M Jayatunge<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruwan M Jayatunge I am a poor wayfaring soldier I fought in many battles I am wounded and tired Wasted and have no hope I killed many people I saw death and dying I saw burning villages Weeping widows and children I saw dark clouds over me I was not sure of my fate I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-ruwan-m-jayatunge-m-d"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}