even though<\/p>\n
i passed by your temple every day<\/p>\n
did we meet at all<\/p>\n
you weighed the offerings<\/p>\n
the earrings, the necklace, the braclets and the kind<\/p>\n
you were covered with garlands that devotees brought<\/p>\n
may be, the aroma of those flowers<\/p>\n
had soothed your nerves<\/p>\n
so much<\/p>\n
that a few crumpled leave i offered<\/p>\n
did not make you open your eyes;<\/p>\n
stay asleep<\/p>\n
who knows some day when all flowers have dried<\/p>\n
and when leaves have been assimalted<\/p>\n
by the ants underneath your feet<\/p>\n
you will remember<\/p>\n
the feeble sounds of the bells<\/p>\n
i rang<\/p>\n
when i left your temple empty handed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
even though i passed by your temple every day did we meet at all you weighed the offerings the earrings, the necklace, the braclets and the kind you were covered with garlands that devotees brought may be, the aroma of those flowers had soothed your nerves so much that a few crumpled leave i offered … <\/p>\n