{"id":1325,"date":"2020-10-31T19:04:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T13:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aradhanamishra.com\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2022-01-14T19:58:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T14:28:53","slug":"marigold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aradhanamishra.in\/?p=1325","title":{"rendered":"Marigold"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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MARIGOLD FLOWER<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

With its golden yellow hue, it welcomed the visitors.<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Strung in a thread, while it adorned the frame of the door,<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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\u2018Aripan\u2019 made at the entrance on Diwali with the rice paste,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Filled with the richness of its abundant petals, looked so much more<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Holding the most coveted place in the basket of flowers,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Plucked for pooja, as the gods seemed to love its humbleness.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Never needing much to grow except tad bit sunshine.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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It flourished in the backyard as it did in the wilderness.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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It didn\u2019t mind being used by the children for fun and frolic,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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It revelled in their joy even when its petals crumpled in their hands.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Being in the tall glass vase or to be that flower to express love,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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It never longed for either, for it mattered not- as the fact stands.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Marigold it might have been in its unassuming and yet free-spirited way<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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But I felt you in these words instead, in my heart and mind,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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O mother! I no longer know if it was the marigold or you, I thought of,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Or perhaps both- as the warmth and character were so entwined.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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