They leave marks,
have you noticed?
Thin lines on sand
separating wet from dry.
They break
have you noticed?
rolling from horizon to shore
to rise and roar
to fall and fell.
They come and go
have you noticed?
They give and take
mimicking life
laughing all the way
to world's end
and back.
This was no wave
like other waves
no give but for eternal verities
but lots of take
take away
burden and memory
but for those who lost
left behind
with scattered shards
of lives un-lived
that cut
even now
ten years later.
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Friday, 26 December 2014
Thursday, 25 December 2014
වැස්සට නොතෙමුනු කමටහනක්
මහා වැස්සෙන් බේරෙන්නට
ඉහලූ
කුඩය යට
සිල්
සුවඳින් තෙත
බරිත වූ
සුදු
වත
හැඳි
රුව
දිටිමි.
පින්
කල නිසාද පව් කල නිසාද,
දික්
වුයේද සසර
කෙටි
වුයේද,
දැහැන්
ගත වූවාද
සිල්
බිඳුනේද?
නොදනිමි.
නතර
විය
ඇය ළඟ
සිත.
Omnipresence
Uncontained and uncontainable
knower of darkest secrets
residenced everywhere
and also
in
thought
heart
home
design,
there is no single
‘this and no other’
church
for the faithful
no extra-special day
in the all-year clasp
of true worship.
[Inspired by the photography of Tharindu Amunugama]
knower of darkest secrets
residenced everywhere
and also
in
thought
heart
home
design,
there is no single
‘this and no other’
church
for the faithful
no extra-special day
in the all-year clasp
of true worship.
[Inspired by the photography of Tharindu Amunugama]
Monday, 22 December 2014
Adam and Eve
They were not born
not on Day One
they were born though,
and they live now
and they’ll be born again
will be clothed and unclothed
will unite and part
will know tears and smiles
and the soft of love-eye gaze
they will lean on tree
and on one another,
they will recline too
where they will.
[Inspired by the line drawings of Gamini Abeykoon]
not on Day One
they were born though,
and they live now
and they’ll be born again
will be clothed and unclothed
will unite and part
will know tears and smiles
and the soft of love-eye gaze
they will lean on tree
and on one another,
they will recline too
where they will.
[Inspired by the line drawings of Gamini Abeykoon]
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
CLEAVING
Landscapes
are made for fracture
they are made by earth-shatter
and wind-water work
slow through century
aross generation
they are cut through and burnt
remodeled and paved
like human miseries
same-same
but for frill and fashion.
[Inspired by the line drawings of Gamini Abeykoon]
are made for fracture
they are made by earth-shatter
and wind-water work
slow through century
aross generation
they are cut through and burnt
remodeled and paved
like human miseries
same-same
but for frill and fashion.
[Inspired by the line drawings of Gamini Abeykoon]
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
Noble Crossover
From this side to that
of street and delight
answer to a necessity-call
on lines demarcated
give or take a foot or two
as directed by sign
adhered to
in the manner of civility
the go and come
of human commerce
the musts
of moment’s compulsion
sacred
noble
in these times
of comings and goings
across vague lines
from cesspit to cesspit
but claimed as
hell-to-heaven move.
[Inspired by the photography of Ravindra Dharmatilleka]
Monday, 8 December 2014
Burdens
Cow, camel, elephant
horse, donkey and other creatures
lift and pull,
carry and transport
feed gluttony too;
‘karmic lot’
we can dismiss thus,
we
the ultimate beasts of burden
endowed with wisdom
but so poor in sight.
[Inspired by the line drawings of Gamini Abeykoon]
horse, donkey and other creatures
lift and pull,
carry and transport
feed gluttony too;
‘karmic lot’
we can dismiss thus,
we
the ultimate beasts of burden
endowed with wisdom
but so poor in sight.
[Inspired by the line drawings of Gamini Abeykoon]
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