{"id":16687,"date":"2022-04-05T23:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T17:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/?p=16687&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=16687"},"modified":"2022-04-05T23:04:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T17:34:50","slug":"dinner-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/dinner-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner Date"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16687\" class=\"elementor elementor-16687\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-222e08a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"222e08a0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-316f84a8\" data-id=\"316f84a8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55635fa7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55635fa7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>DINNER DATE<br \/><br \/>Just like his regular mornings<br \/>He sat in his balcony <br \/>Humming to the classics on the old radio <br \/>Swinging in his rocking chair<br \/>He sipped the hot tea<br \/>While awaiting for the newspaper<br \/>It comes flying in his balcony<br \/>He smiles at boy for perfect shot<br \/>It was a daily routine of his mornings <br \/>For past 50 years, everyday<br \/>As he unrolled the newspaper\u00a0<br \/>It seemed as if time stopped<br \/>Tears rolled down his face<br \/>Staring at the front headline<br \/>Radio played songs of the gone era<br \/>He lost his grip of newspaper<br \/>Walking down the memory lane<br \/>He sighed and smiled with moist eyes<br \/>As the phone buzzed <br \/>His heart skipped a beat<br \/>It wasn&#8217;t the message he expected<br \/>Heart full with emotions<br \/>Felt nervous this morning<br \/>Anxious, heartfelt, overwhelmed<br \/>As his soul froze in moment<br \/>A soft hand held him\u00a0together<br \/>To seeing his granddaughter<br \/>Holding the brand new suit<br \/>That awaited to see this date<br \/>Years by years, long wait<br \/>Sharing smiles with moist eyes<br \/>Holding his granddaughter&#8217;s hand<br \/>He walked to his beloved&#8217;s home<br \/>Like walking through a wedding aisle <br \/>Happy, fearless, courageous<br \/>Unconcerned about society<br \/>He was ready to take that step<br \/>After years of wait to reunite<br \/>It took just a moment of acceptance<br \/>Of a loving granddaughter<br \/>Reunite the lost love of two old men<br \/>Wishing Section 377 to rest in past<br \/>It was the perfect dinner date<br \/>Of two loving souls &amp; family love<\/p>\n<p><strong>-Vidhi Mittal<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DINNER DATE Just like his regular morningsHe sat in his balcony Humming to the classics on the old radio Swinging in his rocking chairHe sipped the hot teaWhile awaiting for the newspaperIt comes flying in his balconyHe smiles at boy for perfect shotIt was a daily routine of his mornings For past 50 years, everydayAs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":16756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[166],"class_list":{"0":"post-16687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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