{"id":22,"date":"2006-05-21T09:07:48","date_gmt":"2006-05-21T03:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anilg.in\/?p=22"},"modified":"2006-05-21T09:07:48","modified_gmt":"2006-05-21T03:37:48","slug":"tulsi-4-i-saw-you-growing-uncared-and-untended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/?p=22","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi -4  I saw you growing Uncared and untended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tulsi -4<\/p>\n<p>When in the sacred grove<\/p>\n<p>Of the village<\/p>\n<p>I saw you growing<\/p>\n<p>Uncared and untended<\/p>\n<p>Wild and worriless<\/p>\n<p>I discovered right then<script><!-- D([\"mb\",\"\n\n\\n\\n\\nThe secret of your pervasivenss\n\n\\n\\n\\nYou can\n\n\\n\\n\\nIf you wish\n\n\\n\\n\\nCleanse the air that\n\n\\n\\n\\nI breathe\n\n\\n\\n\\nAnd soften the soil on which I walk\n\n\\n\\n\\nBut you can\n\n\\n\\n\\nIf you wish,\n\n\\n\\n\\nonly if you wish\n\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nMay<span>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>17, 2006\n\n\\n\\n\\nTulsi 5\n\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nThe barren hill tops\n\n\\n\\n\\nlush green valley\n\n\\n\\n\\ndo u know\n\n\\n\\n\\nhow did creepers did the tally\n\n\\n\\n\\nof the fallen stars and\n\n\\n\\n\\nthe blinking eyes\n\n\\n\\n\\nthat were all set at your feet\n\n\\n\\n\\nfull of devotion and deep sighs\n\n\\n\\n\\nhow else can one worship\n\n\\n\\n\\nand also pray\n\n\\n\\n\\nthat wishes remain incomplete\n\n\\n\\n\\nso that no body can say\n\n\\n\\n\\nhe got more than what he gave\n\n\\n\\n\\nnow, that the time has taken\n\n\\n\\n\\nthe toll, save\n\n\\n\\n\\nu can not even grant\n\n\\n\\n\\na boon, I wish\n\n\\n\\n\\nit will be now be forsaken\n\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\ntulsi 6\n\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n<span>\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>yearning for your\\naroma\n\n\\n\\n\\nfragrance<span>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>of<span>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>your flowers\n\n\\n\\n\\ndark purple leaves\n\n\\n\\n\\n<span>\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>and greenish shades\\nof dryness\n\n\\n\\n\\nI am not sure\n\n\\n\\n\\nIf the stillness inside my spirit\n\n\\n\\n\\nWill hold\n\n\\n\\n\\nWhen I touch your feet\n\n\\n\\n\\nAnd embrace them to my heart fill\n\n\\n\\n\\nYou will shirk them away,\n\n\\n\\n\\nAsk me to stand up\n\n\\n\\n\\nBut by then your blessings will come true\n\n\\n\\n\\nFrozen feet will be cut there\n\n\\n\\n\\nAnd remain as a pot\n\n\\n\\n\\nIn which you will grow\n\n\\n\\n\\nFor ever in the eyes of devotees\n\n\\n\\n\\nBut no one will know\n\n\\n\\n\\nThe claims of my conscience\n\n\\n\\n\\nDeep, distilled like the vapours of\n\n\\n\\n\\nAn ethereal effervescence\n\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nTulsi 7\n\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nWill the soil beneath your roots\n\n\\n\\n\\nHave space for breathing\n\n\\n\\n\\nundisturbed\n\n\\n\\n\\nAre u asleep\n\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nShould I hold my breath\n\n\\n\\n\\nLest you wake up\n\n\\n\\n\\nAnd ask\n\n\",1] );  \/\/--><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The secret of your pervasivenss<\/p>\n<p>You can<\/p>\n<p>If you wish<\/p>\n<p>Cleanse the air that<\/p>\n<p>I breathe<\/p>\n<p>And soften the soil on which I walk<\/p>\n<p>But you can<\/p>\n<p>If you wish,<\/p>\n<p>only if you wish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tulsi -4 When in the sacred grove Of the village I saw you growing Uncared and untended Wild and worriless I discovered right then The secret of your pervasivenss You can If you wish Cleanse the air that I breathe And soften the soil on which I walk But you can If you wish, only &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anilg.in\/?p=22\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tulsi -4  I saw you growing Uncared and untended&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}