#Today I wouldn’t tell you about me
I would tell you about the green coconut
His eyes begged me a drink
*Good sir just ten rupees
Fountain of life
To quench your thirst
Feed your hunger
All these sir for so cheap
Have it one please
For just ten rupees*
His shriveled face
Shrunken eyes
Stretched palms
Offering heal of pain
Life’s fountain
For just ten rupees
His eyes begged me a drink
He knew my thirst
His healing remedy
Green coconut
Building between us
A bridge
For ten rupees
I’m sorry I failed
In what I said at the outset
For now standing here
I’m telling about me
An empty green coconut in my hand
In his eyes me
In this distant land!#
Dec 2, 2013
Dec 2, 2013 at 1:53 AM UTC
#Today I wouldn’t tell you about me
I would tell you about the green coconut
His eyes begged me a drink
*Good sir just ten rupees
Fountain of life
To quench your thirst
Feed your hunger
All these sir for so cheap
Have it one please
For just ten rupees*
His shriveled face
Shrunken eyes
Stretched palms
Offering heal of pain
Life’s fountain
For just ten rupees
His eyes begged me a drink
He knew my thirst
His healing remedy
Green coconut
Building between us
A bridge
For ten rupees
I’m sorry I failed
In what I said at the outset
For now standing here
I’m telling about me
An empty green coconut in my hand
In his eyes me
In this distant land!#
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