The Hapukumbure Weva

Some histories are hidden
and unearthed with different names
like tha 'raja sorowwa'
a sluice to flush the silt
the sorrow-yield
of humiliation
of birth and being;
some histories are alive
like the story of a gift
the appreciation of a prince
who with decree as sword
cut through gama
and vaasagama
and it matters not
if Sapumal came
or knew;
some histories flow
like water
in monsoonal arrival
and absence
precipitating a yearning
that settles as dust and despair
brings forth reptile
draws out fang;
some histories
are best left unsaid
like the names of gods.