{"id":2863,"date":"2026-07-08T17:36:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2026-07-08T17:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:39:53","slug":"my-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/my-father\/","title":{"rendered":"my father"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1575\" height=\"2511\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1.jpg\" alt=\"my father with a look of\ndespair,\nretired to our house\nshut the gates\n\nI was now free.\n\nI left to pursue\n\npeace\n\nI was tempted to\n\nlove\n\nI wept bitterly, and wished\n\nhope.\nI lived in fear,\n\nall was not over\n\nI wished to extinguish that life\nWhen I reflected on my\npilgrimage\" class=\"wp-image-2864\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1.jpg 1575w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1-642x1024.jpg 642w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1-768x1224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1-963x1536.jpg 963w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1-1285x2048.jpg 1285w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1-940x1499.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1-400x638.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1575px) 100vw, 1575px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Bitua Ryu<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">my father with a look of<br>despair,<br>retired to our house<br>shut the gates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was now free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I left to pursue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was tempted to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wept bitterly, and wished<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">hope.<br>I lived in fear,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">all was not over<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wished to extinguish that life<br>When I reflected on my<br>pilgrimage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bitua Ryu my father with a look ofdespair,retired to our houseshut the gates I was now free. I left to pursue peace I was tempted to love I wept bitterly, and wished hope.I lived in fear, all was not over I wished to extinguish that lifeWhen I reflected on mypilgrimage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monstermash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2865,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions\/2865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}