{"id":5122,"date":"2009-01-25T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-25T09:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/?p=5122"},"modified":"2022-01-28T15:28:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T09:58:42","slug":"covenant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/25\/covenant\/","title":{"rendered":"Covenant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eons ago, a&nbsp;covenant made between us so true,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In every life and form, our meeting was to be due.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meet, befriend, love and&nbsp;be together&nbsp;in every life,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this time you chose to be someone else&#8217;s wife.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through different times we have nurtured this pact,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And met in different lives, that&#8217;s an irrefutable fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For you my beloved, I have fought glorious wars,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And our name and fame had spread wide and far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You were a princess and me&nbsp;an&nbsp;infatuated slave,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contrary to the royal&nbsp;decree, for you I did crave.<br>Our covenant held true and when you&nbsp; came to me,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Killed for love in that life, we were destined to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And once, a poor farmer I was who tilled the land,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyday you brought me lunch, fed me by hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together we eked out a living from the fertile soil,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy and content, the whole day we did toil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout this life I have sought you far and wide,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we&nbsp;met, by our covenant you must abide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are citing reasons, limitations and&nbsp;obligations,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And breaking our&nbsp;covenant without real justification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This life is different, my endearments you don&#8217;t brook,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Violate all vows of togetherness you and I once took.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Covenant, promises, love, eternity don&#8217;t mean a thing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You only look for security and comfort this life can bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant me&nbsp;a wish, let us meet once again I pray,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us keep the covenant even if only for a day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eons ago, a&nbsp;covenant made between us so true, In every life and form, our meeting was to be due.&nbsp; Meet, befriend, love and&nbsp;be together&nbsp;in every life, But this time you chose to be someone else&#8217;s wife. 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