{"id":539,"date":"2026-04-15T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=539"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:50:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:50:29","slug":"onward-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2026\/04\/15\/onward-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Onward to Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another one from Sebastian Blackwood (Character of mine). He\u2019s been in my head a lot lately. I hope you like this song, this time I\u2019m trying an experiment. I\u2019ve been playing with Suno and ran this through it. I hope you enjoy hearing it sung even by a robot.<\/em><\/p>\n

Name the voice in your head
\nCall yourself back from the dead
\nPlant your feet, name the day
\nGird your soul come what may.<\/p>\n

Through battle long and mercy frail
\nAnchor your soul within the gale.
\nSing your hope into the sky
\nAnd face the foe prepared to die.<\/p>\n

Those who fear the face of death
\nWill never taste all life\u2019s breadth
\nSo venture now at cut of day
\nAnd take what trials come your way.<\/p>\n

Name yourself to hearth and home
\nAnd the hold you while you roam
\nWhile you must risk, so you may win
\nAt hearth and home we begin and end.<\/p>\n

Name the voice in your head
\nCall yourself back from the dead
\nPlant your feet, name the day
\nGird your soul come what may.<\/p>\n

Onward to Life<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2026 all rights reserved
\nOnward to Life – Suno Song, Blackwood voice profile<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another one from Sebastian Blackwood (Character of mine). He\u2019s been in my head a lot lately. I hope you like this song, this time I\u2019m trying an experiment. I\u2019ve been playing with Suno and ran this through it. I hope you enjoy hearing it sung even by a robot. Name the voice in your head… Read More Onward to Life<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,13],"tags":[27,22,12,20,16,11],"class_list":["post-539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-chiaroscuro","tag-grim","tag-hope","tag-mood","tag-odd","tag-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OnwardtoLife.jpg?fit=600%2C600","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-8H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":497,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/11\/24\/song-against-the-darkness\/","url_meta":{"origin":539,"position":0},"title":"Song Against the Darkness","author":"Heather","date":"November 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A bit of hope to hold you through the rest of the day. 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