{"id":18,"date":"2012-05-01T13:22:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T13:22:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-09-15T09:15:16","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T09:15:16","slug":"dusk-draws-neigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amaragarwala.com\/blog\/dusk-draws-neigh\/","title":{"rendered":"Dusk draws neigh&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><i>Dusk quietly gathers outside my window&#8230;it&#8217;s slow subtle steps inch snail-like towards the darkness. I can see the skies painted a shade of pale yellow with streaks of crimson and grey, there are clouds high up which may bring rain at night. &nbsp;Has been a hot day, so typically May and its just the first day of the month. A gently breeze blows rustling the leaves on the mango tree just across from where I sit, can see the ripening mangoes rocking in their golden &nbsp;redness, looking splendid and so tempting. &nbsp;<\/i><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><i>Can hear the cacophony of birds returning to their nests.. their day is done, unlike us, they do not have the luxury of a holiday, every day is a working day. &nbsp;Wonder if they know what holiday&#8217;s are all about.. but perhaps they enjoy their work and day much more than what we do. I always feel animals and birds live more in the present, for they do not care to think or hoard for the future like humans. &nbsp;Blissful life really&#8230;today I cannot see the evening star, perhaps the clouds cover it. &nbsp;When I was a child I would be told to make a wish moment the evening star was out, there were a few lines which was prayer like, I would need to recite it, but I have long since forgotten it, much like I no longer wish when I see the evening star. &nbsp;Just today, I feel like composing the lines.. my own for the evening star:<\/i><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><i><br \/><\/i><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><i>Star light, star bright.. I wish I may, I wish I might,<\/i><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><i>Fulfill my desires prayed for.. be it day or at night<\/i><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><i>Moon light, moon bright.. I wish I could, I wish I may,<\/i><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><i>Be happy always and spread joy.. in life&#8217;s glorious way,<\/i><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><i>Lord of the Heavens&#8230; angels &amp; fairies heed my prayerful call,<\/i><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><i>Send me goodness, bless my home&#8230;and &nbsp;may I do good to all<\/i><\/b><\/span><b style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>.<\/i><\/b><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><i><br \/><\/i><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><i>May the days ahead.. bring forth the best to all the denizens of this nation &#8211; usher in lasting peace, health and prosperity and propel us forward into a bright and glorious future.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"small\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Dusk draws neigh...\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dusk quietly gathers outside my window&#8230;it&#8217;s slow subtle steps inch snail-like towards the darkness. 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