Love

Love gerrminates slowly, but steadily
It grows slyly and blooms gradually
Then it flowers healthily and vibrantly
Evoking vivid, resplendent sentiments
To bear fruit of imagination in due course

Once it’s mellowed in one’s heart
Secretly it peeps out from the heart
Aiming to penetrate into another heart
Touching smoothly her or his heart

All at once it paces in the heart
Next moment to lurk in the heart
Surreptitiously to kindle in the heart
Like a tinsel flickering in the heart

Surely warming the inner cockles of the heart
Suddenly it freezes in the heart
Whisking us away from another heart
In a trice it wakes up in the heart

Entering us to another heart
Now it treads on the outer heart
Titillating the memories in the inner heart
Again it dwells in the niche of the heart

Causing a thorny sensation in the heart
Then it’s incandescent like a beacon in the heart
Fanning beams of passion in the heart
And resembling again a shower in the heart
Dousing the flames of wrath in the heart

Frequently it strolls leisurely in the heart
Internalizing loftly ideas into the heart
Transcending parochial emotions in the heart
Adding new dimensions to the human heart

Love fills our heart with sympathy
Love fills our heart with empathy
Love fills our heart with pity
Love fills our heart with compassion
Dispelling ill feelings of hatred and indignation

 
But, alas! when it drifts away from the heart
It pains and pricks our human heart
Slaying our soul and spirit eternally.
Leaving us alone in tremendous loneliness

Sarath SANDACAN

..just a dream?

On the way my path to success,
I had to come to you by chance.
But, I didn’t even dream...
you as my princess charming.
I still remember your charming smile...
when I glimpsed you at first time.
But, I didn’t even think....
your bewitching fair would touch my heart.
I still hear your charming voice...
murmuring beside me a fairy tale.
But, I didn’t even feel...
you would be the one I had in mind.
I still feel you staring...
glowing your glistering eyes at me.
But, I didn’t even understand...
Your eyes were filled with love.
I still dream you at night...
you’re trying to say something!
But, I feel it’s just a dream...
just a nice dream...
coz, how do I know how this will end...
before we begin!

Buddhika AMARASEKARA

The long awaited gift

Oh God, my heart is overwhelmed
With happiness and awe,
I feel a bit scared too, but why?
I do not know for sure
I hear her cries - Sometimes demanding
Sometimes confusing
I see her beady eyes, sweet little mouth and
Defined chin - hands and feet with slenderfingers and toes
A bundle of Joy - was it specially created for us?
Though sometimes the nights seem long and tardy
There is so much to be done around the home
But, I would rather sit by your crib and
Watch you smile broadly with your angel buddies
Sweet child of my child, the bone of my bone
the flesh of my flesh.
Did you play the harp with those ethereal kids?
Splash on the scented dew, swing on the Pearly Gates
Or drift on a moonbeam - wrapped in a long
The almighty gave you to us to have and to hold.
From His Glary you came and to Him all Glory be given.
Thank you Lord for his Angel Sans Wings.
But, soon Time will slip under our feet and
You will outgrow your baby days, and once again
I will long to have you in my arms, but let me say
I’ll hold you forever in a special niche
Within this Heart of Mine!

Chitra R. L. FERNANDO

HOPES FOR YOU

The tarnished lips
With the surrounding gloomy cheeks
Will curve downwards
At the sight of you,
Long since I searched
Searched with a touch of hpoe
While desperation bubbled-up
Bubbled up were the desperation
While the hopes were sky high.
A shiny light of luck on top
But climbing up
The ladder of faith and believe, my lifeline
I will climb that line one day
And the holy gleam
Will enlighten my darkened,swollen face.
Will you come my mom?
To complete myself?
To delete the word ‘orphan’
In outsiders’ “dictionary”
Love?
Why someone can make your heart skip a beat..
Why the scent of someone lingers on in your breath
Why do lips quiver, unable to say
That her hesitations,
Are her expressions for love...
Why does it feel, like something is incomplete
The moon is complete
Yet doesn’t appear so in the oyster of one eyes
Their dreams are expressing their need for love.
Did you ever think why we love the rains?
Why we love just start humming a tune no reason..
Why the waves on our feet make us feel free
Why our restless feel take us to new destinations
These are signs, that tell us
All that we need is love...

Sajith WICKRAMASINGHE

If you are a star...

If you are a star,
Shining high up in sky,
Let me be a cloud,
Be very close to you.
In dark nights, in golden moon light,
Let me be awake,
Let me get tired,
Until, morning sun, takes you, away from me.

If you are the sea,
Let me be the sandy beach,
Waiting, expecting a kiss from you,
Everytime you come on me...
But, let me close my eyes
as I can’t bear when
People get happy, just by admiring you,
You know, its simply because of your beauty,
only for me...

Let me be your blood,
Gives you life, be in your heart.
Let me understand your feelings,
Let me give you life...
Be near you, be in you
Forever, until you leave from world.
Let me also end my life,
Let me also be with you,
When you are a baby of another mum.
Everything because, my whole life,
devoted ONLY FOR YOU!

From: C. Babi
To: K. Babi