{"id":9143,"date":"2010-12-26T06:59:48","date_gmt":"2010-12-26T05:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=9143"},"modified":"2010-12-26T06:59:48","modified_gmt":"2010-12-26T05:59:48","slug":"my-dear-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=9143","title":{"rendered":"My Dear Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Giribaradhari das: <\/p>\n<p>I throw these ashes into the air,<br \/>\nInto the fire, the earth and the water,<br \/>\nAnd I think of the times, the wonderful times,<br \/>\nWhen our lives were filled with laughter.<\/p>\n<p>This grey ash, this powder in my hand,<br \/>\nI sprinkle far and wide,<br \/>\nAnd I think of all those happy days,<br \/>\nWhen you were with me, by my side.<\/p>\n<p>And as those memories fill my mind,<br \/>\nThe tears run down my face,<br \/>\nAnd mix with the ashes in my hands,<br \/>\nAs I think of those wonderful days.<\/p>\n<p>Your spirit has not gone, the soul lives on.<br \/>\nFor you, another journey has begun.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve gone to explore new realms of the mind,<br \/>\nAs always you have done.<\/p>\n<p>And as I stand here all alone,<br \/>\nYour words pass through my head,<br \/>\nAnd as I think of life and death,<br \/>\nI remember what you said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If true bliss and eternal life,<br \/>\nYou really want to find,<br \/>\nKeep Vrindavan in your heart,<br \/>\nAnd keep Krishna in your mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giribaradhari das: I throw these ashes into the air, Into the fire, the earth and the water, And I think of the times, the wonderful times, When our lives were filled with laughter<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}