{"id":481,"date":"2014-09-04T23:35:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T23:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=481"},"modified":"2014-09-04T23:35:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T23:35:14","slug":"hands-clasped-of-those-beside-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/hands-clasped-of-those-beside-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands Clasped Of Those Beside Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Real<\/a><\/p>\n

Among the hate and fear we see
\nDaily, in our lives and on TV:
\nSomewhere the message of God is lived out
\nFar far from you and me…<\/p>\n

All is not lost, though dark times they are
\nAll we need is faith,
\nPatience to hold on for a brighter day
\nFor Yahweh, God, Allah, whatever we call him, is great!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Among the hate and fear we see Daily, in our lives and on TV: Somewhere the message of God is lived out Far far from you and me… All is not lost, though dark times they are All we need is faith, Patience to hold on for a brighter day …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[702,30,64,102],"tags":[704,703,706,708,2350,705,707],"class_list":["post-481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arab-spring","category-holy-land","category-inspirational-poetry","category-islam","tag-arab-spring-2","tag-cairo","tag-conflict-in-egypt","tag-egype","tag-islam","tag-islam-christian-relations","tag-tahir-square","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-7L","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3151,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/its-not-another-revolution\/","url_meta":{"origin":481,"position":0},"title":"Its Not Another Revolution","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"13th September 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yUlqe93hiYI Its not another revolution Those people on the streets Its a demand for justice That comes through those tweets And posts through sites like Facebook That the Mullahs try to ignore And use their powers to block But the people cry no more Over 200 some say are dead\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Arab Spring"","block_context":{"text":"Arab Spring","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/arab-spring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Neda Agha Soltani","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/18erqzhvdozt1jpg.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2430,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/truth-kills-kings\/","url_meta":{"origin":481,"position":1},"title":"Truth Kills Kings","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"5th December 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cTruth is dangerous. 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