{"id":537,"date":"2014-08-22T09:24:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T01:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fadzleen.com\/?p=537"},"modified":"2014-08-22T15:48:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T07:48:13","slug":"the-homecoming-an-elegy-for-mh17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fadzleen.com\/?p=537","title":{"rendered":"The Homecoming: An elegy for MH17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/News\/Nation\/2014\/08\/22\/A-dignified-homecoming-Full-military-ceremony-to-accompany-arrival-of-20-Malaysians-remains\/\">news<\/a> on the upcoming arrival of the 20 Malaysian remains of MH17, I feel this solemn sadness heaving my heart. I decided to immortalize them in an elegy and here&#8217;s what I wrote, in dedication to all the fallen heroes of MH17.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #141823;\">THE HOMECOMING : AN ELEGY FOR MH17<br \/>\nBy Nor Fadzleen Sa&#8217;don<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #141823;\">We welcome you with sweet sorrow<br \/>\nAs our anticipation is drawing near<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>\nOur sisters and brothers, the fallen heroes<br \/>\nThe homecoming is finally here.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\" style=\"color: #141823;\">\n<p>Verses of love grace you<br \/>\nOur teary souls embrace your demise<br \/>\nThe nation awaits you<br \/>\nWith open arms, with heavy hearts.<\/p>\n<p>Your home awaits you<br \/>\nThe family of strangers are here<br \/>\nAs fragmented tomorrow transcends to sombre sky<br \/>\nWe will soar as a nation, your spirits live in us.<\/p>\n<p>-22nd August 2014<\/p>\n<p>Johor Bahru<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fadzleen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MH17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-538\" src=\"http:\/\/fadzleen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MH17-326x267.jpg\" alt=\"MH17\" width=\"326\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"http:\/\/fadzleen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MH17-326x267.jpg 326w, http:\/\/fadzleen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MH17.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I watch the news on the upcoming arrival of the 20 Malaysian remains of MH17, I feel this solemn sadness heaving my heart. I decided to immortalize them in an elegy and here&#8217;s what I wrote, in dedication to all the fallen heroes of MH17. &nbsp; THE HOMECOMING : AN ELEGY FOR MH17 By [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[56,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem","category-reflection"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p50s1P-8F","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fadzleen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fadzleen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fadzleen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fadzleen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fadzleen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=537"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/fadzleen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":542,"href":"http:\/\/fadzleen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions\/542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fadzleen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fadzleen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fadzleen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}