{"id":3987,"date":"2014-12-14T17:12:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T11:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anilg.in\/?p=3987"},"modified":"2014-12-14T17:15:26","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T11:45:26","slug":"why-should-a-leaf-not-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/?p=3987","title":{"rendered":"Why should a leaf not matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/anilg.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/anilg.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anilg.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image2.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/anilg.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/anilg.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image2-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a>Why should a leaf not matter<br \/>\nEven if dried<br \/>\nFolded and pressed<br \/>\nFrom a tree<br \/>\nUnder which I had meditated<br \/>\nFor your peace and progress<br \/>\nHaving short changed the<br \/>\nTime<br \/>\nAnd obligations of reciprocity<br \/>\nWhy bemoan<br \/>\nThat a leaf is not enough<br \/>\nFlowers are beautiful<br \/>\nBut without the aroma<br \/>\nOf warm<br \/>\nAssured<br \/>\nTruthfulness<br \/>\nTheir beauty is short lived<br \/>\nWhy not confess<br \/>\nFor once<br \/>\nThat when seasons changed<br \/>\nYou forgot to adjust your watch<br \/>\nNow that you are late<br \/>\nYou regret<br \/>\nThat a blooming garden<br \/>\nHas become indifferent<br \/>\nTo the fury of a storm<br \/>\nThat once embraced<br \/>\nThe tree so tight<br \/>\nThat its sap spilled over<br \/>\nAnd the whole forest<br \/>\nWas soaked in its fragrance <\/p>\n<p>Sent from my iPad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why should a leaf not matter Even if dried Folded and pressed From a tree Under which I had meditated For your peace and progress Having short changed the Time And obligations of reciprocity Why bemoan That a leaf is not enough Flowers are beautiful But without the aroma Of warm Assured Truthfulness Their beauty &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anilg.in\/?p=3987\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why should a leaf not matter&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987","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\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3987"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3991,"href":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987\/revisions\/3991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}