Blood oath

 Sandstone temple,
 Light through holes in stone.
 The backlight throws beautiful highlights,
 Crowds of people, photo flashes!
 I like it here!
 The statues are excellent!
 I take pictures near everyone!
 There are so many people!
 Several halls are closed.
 They start work at midnight.
 Too bad it's only noon!
 There are too many people!
 Queue to take a photo.
 I decide to leave.
 The temple is open 24/7
 And I'll be back at midnight.
 It's cold in the temple!
 And the street met me with a furious sun!
 You need to hide in the shadows.
 Sun, sea, bright colors,
 The day flew by unnoticed.
 Midnight greeted me with the smell of braziers and crowds of people!
 Does this city ever sleep?
 Markets, barkers, bars, people with different skin colors.
 Everyone is relaxed and smiling!
 I go where my heart leads me now.
Sandstone temple, night greetings to you!
 At night, the temple is especially magnificent!
 The backlight turned the temple into a scenery for the filming of the film!
 The halls and cells of the temple are almost empty.
 There are almost no people.
 Hooray!
 Hall doors are open!
 I'm going with bated breath!
 Strange, there is little light here.
 No statues, no lights.
 What's this?
 The hall is almost empty.
 There is a stone in the middle of the hall!
 The stone is surrounded by large candles.
 What's this?
 Something glitters in the candlelight.
 I come closer.
 What's this?
 Two stone hands are holding two narrow and sharp stilettos with the blade up!
 A hollow is carved in each palm.  Indentation between palms.
 Strange stone!
 I take a few steps back.
 I want to understand the intention of the sculptor.
 Let's start from the beginning: so
 Stone, two hands carved in stone,
 Each hand holds a narrow stiletto.
 And what is the hollow in the palms for?
 I return to the main room.
 You need to exchange money for tokens.
 Tokens are needed to enable the tour guide.
 Oh even so!?
 This hall is for blood oaths!
 Here lovers swore eternal love!
 The tip of the stylet pierced the flesh of the body,
 Blood trickled down the hollow inside the stone palm.
 The blood of lovers mixed in the middle of the stone bowl.
 Quiet music comes out of the speakers
 Candles crackle.
 I'm trying to imagine.
 How many lovers entrusted their fate to this cup?
 I lean over the bowl, I want to see the bottom.
 It doesn't work, it's too deep.
 The bowl is almost like a well!
 Candles don't give enough light.
 I want to turn on the flashlight on the phone,
 But I see a warning.
 A sign on the wall asks not to take photos with a flash and not to turn on the lights.
 Sadness!
 It is a pity that I flew to this city alone!
 But I will return here to take the blood oath in this hall.
 I'll be back here with you!
 I go to the second room.
 This room is similar to the first.
 But I don't like it here!
 Here stone hands hold stilettos blade down.
 This hall is for those who want to take the words of the oath.
 This hall is for those whose love is over.
 I do not want!
 Don't like it here!
 I want to go back to the first room
 But the doors are closing in front of me.
 I turn on the guide.
 The guide says that these doors, in ancient times, could only be entered once.