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The Gift Refused – By Niranjan Selvadurai<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Niranjan-Selvadurai\"<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

At an assembly the sage sat tall<\/span>
\nHis wisdom’s light embracing all<\/span>
\nWhen storming forth with fire in breath, <\/span>
\nA stranger seethed, consumed by wrath.<\/span><\/p>\n

As fiery words like arrows split the air<\/span>
\nFrom an intruding, hissing misled snake.<\/span>
\nThe great sage heeded calmly in his chair<\/span>
\nAs tranquil as silver moonlight on a lake.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the mighty tempest blew away,<\/span>
\nThis is what the wise one had to say:<\/span>
\n“A gift once given but turned away\u2014 <\/span>
\nTell me, who then holds its sway?”<\/span><\/p>\n

“Is that a question put to me?<\/span>
\nWhen a gift is offered and then refused<\/span>
\nThe giver keeps it, that we all see.”<\/span>
\nBarked the stranger quite unamused<\/span><\/p>\n

The awaken one spoke with calm clarity<\/span>
\n“As the gift refused stays with thee,<\/span>
\nSo would declined insults offered free.”<\/span>
\nLet this be a wisdom for all to see!<\/span><\/p>\n

When the world casts words of ire,<\/span>
\nAnger tempts us to return the fire.<\/span>
\nWear not the cruel pain or shame,<\/span>
\nLet it just return to whence it came.<\/span><\/p>\n

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