{"id":208,"date":"2013-12-05T16:37:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T16:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=208"},"modified":"2014-08-11T16:40:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T16:40:03","slug":"madiba-farewell-mandela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/madiba-farewell-mandela\/","title":{"rendered":"Madiba – Farewell Mandela"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Madiba
Madiba: The Late Nelson Mandela South African Prisoner and President Xhosa Prince and King<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mandela, farewell a fond world bids you,
\nYou, who by many names in your time were known
\nPresident and prisoner, commoner and king,
\nYour home a prison cell, from a Tribal Throne.
\nYet hatred, it was not your game,
\nThough many think hate your enemies you should,
\nYou practiced forgiveness, forced all to move on…
\nNoble by heart as well as by blood.<\/p>\n

You were no Napoleon, who empires built,
\nStarted off as President, then Emperors robes wore…
\nNo, you humbled yourself in prison cell…
\nWho was a prince before…<\/p>\n

The First Shall be last, in the Bible written,
\nSo in your life it came to be…
\nAgain, the Last shall be first also came through…
\nAll sides of life’s coin you did see.<\/p>\n

Let those who think themselves somebody,
\nWho for power and legacy yearn,
\nLet them look at you as an example…
\nWe hope they from you can learn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mandela, farewell a fond world bids you, You, who by many names in your time were known President and prisoner, commoner and king, Your home a prison cell, from a Tribal Throne. Yet hatred, it was not your game, Though many think hate your enemies you should, You practiced forgiveness, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,320],"tags":[324,322,321,323,2359],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-rights","category-south-africa","tag-anc","tag-farewell","tag-madiba","tag-mandela","tag-south-africa","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-3m","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":448,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/as-they-lay-him-down\/","url_meta":{"origin":208,"position":0},"title":"As They Lay Him Down","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"12th December 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"As they lay him down... 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