{"id":396,"date":"2021-07-01T10:14:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T10:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/?p=396"},"modified":"2021-12-28T21:01:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T21:01:48","slug":"why-do-you-have-to-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/?p=396","title":{"rendered":"Why do you have to wait?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why do you have to wait<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">for the spring rain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to water the red lilies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I asked the keeper?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have enough tears<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">hidden deep in waiting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to soak the dry earth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">so the blossoms bloom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do not turn around in amusement?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">you the unbeliever<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the blossoms bloom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and the north wind travels south<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and the jet stream surfaces from the deep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will put on my red dress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and the red shoes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">you once bought me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and I never wore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and plant the red lilies <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">on my shoulders<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and borrow some warmth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">from the blazing sun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to set foot on the journey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of no return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do you have to wait for the spring rain to water the red lilies? I asked the keeper? I have enough tears hidden deep in waiting to soak the dry earth so the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=396"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":582,"href":"https:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions\/582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}