<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350768" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>What That Little Boy Was Praying For</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Evening<br>Sun is almost set<br>Its weak beams still <br>Making road side sand grains glitter<br>I was on a walk to a temple nearby<br>A scratching brake of a bicycle<br>Made me look up<br>A boy of not even ten years the bicycle rider<br>Stopped his bicycle<br>In front of the temple entrance <br>Not getting down form it<br>Closed his eyes, clasped his palms<br>Started a prayer<br>He was in that posture<br>For much longer than<br>What a passerby normally does<br>Turning curious I continued to watch him<br>Forgetting for a while my purpose of this walk<br>Since the boy was in the middle<br>Of that narrow lane<br>A car stopped behind him<br>A bike passed by him<br>Sounding a shrill horn<br>A street dog barked at the bike<br>Car also gave a horn<br>Nothing left in the boy any sign of disturbance<br>It would have been a full minute<br>Before the boy woke up to realities<br>And started his ride<br>Without even glancing those<br>Who were watching him<br>I left the scene and entered the temple<br>What that little boy was praying for</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Bashyam+Narayanan">Bashyam Narayanan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350768" data-title="What That Little Boy Was Praying For de Bashyam Narayanan" data-description="Evening Sun is almost set Its weak beams still Making road side sand grains glitter I was on a walk to a temple nearby A scratching brake of a bicycle Made me look up A boy of not even ten years the bicycle rider Stopped his bicycle In front of t..."></div> </div> </div>

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