Poetry
 

A song's love

Fall in love with someone you like
At times, it may cost your beautiful life
What a friend and love in a song you'll find
for it heals your mind and brings you smile

Day or night by your side
Ease your pain and lift you high
Lonesome, emptiness you'll feel die
Comfort and shows the simple beauty of life

In return for its love nothing it claims
That the secret and wonder you'll never explain
for the truth and joy, always remain
May show you how precious the love it gives

Anuradha

Oh! Ben

In memory of Benazir Bhutto:

Silky paths were not your way
people's freedom as they say
though you could not see that dream
son will fight to set them free

Guns, swords, tanks or knives
None could keep you as a humble wife
though they stopped your freedom rise
More will born to crush those mice

Sky will smile with white pigeons
unity will bind the whole region
poor peasants and young children
will miss you though iron woman

Haleen Ambegoda

Sand castles

I, instantly
Transformed
Into a mischievous child
Frolicking in gay abundance
And building with a mighty hurry
Fragile sand - castles
Listening in a spell
To the maddening laughter
Of care - free children
Who brave spiritedly
Engaged in a pursuit
Of conquering
The strong waves
Oblivious to the real danger
Of their ending up
In a splash
Wipe out as victims
Of the sea - devil's
Evil spell of undercurrent

Meekly bowing down as destined
To nature's unassailable decree

Ranjan Amarasinghe

A letter to an angel

Memories of your sweet profile,
Are still lingering in my mind
Keeping me trapped in a feeling,
No words can define!

That sweet little mew of yours,
No chime can defeat,
Is still ringing in my ears,
Like a silver bell!

Why my dearest sweetie?
Why did you have to go?
Leaving me behind,
Drowning in a river of sorrow

The pain is as such,
I have forgotten to smile
Constant fights with depression due to separation
Have made me lose my might

May the Triple Gem bless Cindy
Wherever she wanders
Hope she will come back to me
Before attaining Nirvana

Yvonne

Do you still remember ?

Do you still remember
The time we spent
together, enjoying those days
Thinking it will never end ?

Went to school together,
Came back together,
We even studied together.
Do you still remember ?

Just after coming home
From school, you appear
Right at my door, calling me.
Do you still remember ?

We raced, played hide and seek,
Along with the others.
We often fought to be in one team.
Do you still remember?

Can you remember when
I fell sick, you did never
even smile until I recovered.
Do you still remember?

Careless, we were children.
But careful to never ever
get blamed for our mischievousness
Do you still remember?

It's been long,
Since you've gone.
But leaving me alone where'd you go?
A memory very pleasant but,
hurts to remind, because I miss you so.
I know those days are long gone,
Those carefree days we spent together
But do you still remember?

Imalka Gunarathna

The fleeting beauty

The richly grown flower plant
Protrudes over the boundary wall
Over the spiked iron grate
Hanging over the road.

A well blown bunch
Sat proudly on the top branch
Above human reach
Foiling attempts to snatch
Boosting the owner's brief bliss
By creating a fleeting beauty.

The sun did its round full
Breaking a glorious morn
The infant rays searching
For the proud flower bunch
To snatch a transient glance
Were dismayed by the sight of transience.

A few fallen scattered petals
Trampled by feet
Crushed by hooves
Striving to rise above the surface
Quiver in the sweeping breeze
Drawing their terminal breaths
Sustaining last little lingering life
Until sapped by the scorching sun
To embrace the turf at dusk.

T.M.S. Nanayakkara.

The mobile phone

The sun was about to set
So is the relationship
Based on trust !
Fourteen minutes ago.....
He told her how much he trusts her.....
She told him how much she trusts him.....
"I'll go to the ladies' room"
She left telling her boyfriend.
Returned after a while,
Just to see how much he trusts her !
He was destroying the entire trust....
And hastily running through the data
Stored in her mobile !
She came and sat down opposite to him.....
With a bright smile on her face
And disappointment and anger in her heart
He gently held her hand
Without knowing that.....
It was his last Valentine's day with her !

Nadira Gunatilleke

Dear Ayya

At times you call me
"My nangi"
At times you call me
"Sweet Nangi"
But,
You never tell me you love me,
So my dear brother,
I still can't understand,
What kind of a relationship,
This is...
Tell me my dear brother,
I am waiting anxiously...

Ishi