{"id":74956,"date":"2021-10-07T14:42:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=74956"},"modified":"2021-10-07T14:42:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:42:04","slug":"yearning-for-home-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/yearning-for-home-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Yearning for Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Yearning for Home<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Source:<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sri-lanka-society-of-queensland-inc-newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sri lanka society of queensland inc. newsletter<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-74957 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Yearning-for-Home.png\" alt=\"Yearning for Home\" width=\"146\" height=\"490\" \/>Flawless beauty and pure simplicity<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">White touched with yellow, the smell of divinity<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Lapping of the ocean and the crashing waves<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Smell of Araliya entwined with the salty sprays<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Full moon shining the path to the temple<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Araliya in basket, with the other essentials<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Devotees in white depicting purity<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Offerings to the Buddha for a path to tranquillity<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Temple bells ringing, coconut oil flaming in lamps of clay<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Joss sticks burning \u2013 smoke swirling in clouds of grey<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Unstoppable yearning for the land of my birth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The memories, the sounds, even the scent of the earth<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Heart in one land, the body in another<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">When will these two come together<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Culture and land hold the heart in a bind<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Soul and land forever entwined<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">G.M.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yearning for Home Source:sri lanka society of queensland inc. newsletter Flawless beauty and pure simplicity White touched with yellow, the smell of divinity Lapping of the ocean and the crashing waves Smell of Araliya entwined with the salty sprays Full moon shining the path to the temple Araliya in basket, with the other essentials Devotees [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":74958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[37765],"class_list":{"0":"post-74956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-yearning-for-home","9":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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