{"id":292,"date":"2013-06-15T18:49:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T18:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=292"},"modified":"2014-08-15T18:50:44","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T18:50:44","slug":"we-all-walk-the-same-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/we-all-walk-the-same-road\/","title":{"rendered":"We All Walk the Same Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2387\" style=\"width: 673px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2387\" alt=\"Romany child victims of the holocaust\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Romany-child-victims-of-the-holocaust.jpg\" width=\"673\" height=\"312\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romany child victims of the holocaust<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"info\" style=\"width: 220px; float: right;\">\n<address>April 8th is the International Day of Roma, and the day we remember the Romany victims of the holocaust.Though thankfully things are not as bad today, there still is a lot of hatred against them, which has risen since the fall of communism.<br \/>\n<\/address>\n<\/div>\n<p>All mankind, we walk the same road,<br \/>\nNo matter our colour of skin&#8230;<br \/>\nNo matter who or what we think we are&#8230;<br \/>\nWe are the same within.<\/p>\n<p>Some think themselves better than others,<br \/>\nAccording to traditions, or political schools,<br \/>\nThose who profess themselves\u00a0knowledgeable\u00a0in such issues<br \/>\nWill be proven by time to be but fools.<\/p>\n<p>But fools with power an be dangerous,<br \/>\nAs time has shown before,<br \/>\nWe can but pray for those whose lives were lost<br \/>\nPray it will happen no more.<\/p>\n<p>Settled, nomadic, it does not matter,<br \/>\nBoth sides peddle mistrust, the other side goad,<br \/>\nGod see&#8217;s, on death He judges each man,<br \/>\nAll men walk the same road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 8th is the International Day of Roma, and the day we remember the Romany victims of the holocaust.Though thankfully things are not as bad today, there still is a lot of hatred against them, which has risen since the fall of communism. 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