{"id":974,"date":"2019-08-28T15:16:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T09:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aradhanamishra.com\/?p=974"},"modified":"2019-08-28T15:16:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T09:46:23","slug":"dont-go-an-affair-with-the-uniform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aradhanamishra.in\/?p=974","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDon\u2019t go!..&#8221; &#8211; An Affair with the Uniform"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"974\" class=\"elementor elementor-974\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5711df0e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5711df0e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10dec702\" data-id=\"10dec702\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-391d77dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"391d77dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-981 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/aradhanamishra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cow-belles-and-combat-boots-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Don\u2019t go!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">For I am yet to smell that crisp mountain air,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Trapped in the collar fold of the combat uniform that you were wearing,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">When you came to see me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Don\u2019t go!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">For the heels that I had raised to reach up to your shoulders,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">And to wrap you in the sweetness of the moment<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Swimming in the exhilarating<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">concoction of \u00a0emotions\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u2026.are yet to touch the ground!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Don\u2019t go!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">For I am not yet done listening to the sweet nothings,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">That you whispered in my ears, making me aware of myself and swaddling me,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">With the silk thread of your fragrance, all at once.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Don\u2019t go!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">For I am yet to catch that firefly twinkling in your eyes,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">To light up my sky when you are gone, to the call of duty that u so cherish,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Just a bit longer, let me be in your embrace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Don\u2019t go!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">For I am yet to Untwine the fingers &#8211; yours and mine,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">That got entwined when you softly caressed your cheeks against mine,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">While the sunflowers swayed with the August breeze outdoors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Don\u2019t go!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">For I am yet to sip the water that came with you,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From the gushing spring, flowing up in the high hills, laced over your lips,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Let the summer of your love, touch the winter of my heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Don\u2019t go!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">For I have just tasted the elixir of love<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">And my heart that\u2019s fluttering like the wings of the most fragile bird,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">is yet to stop with the calmness of your presence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Don&#8217;t 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