Eternal Light

Awaken to the universal truth
Achievement of perfect enlightenment
Genuine teachings of four noble truths
Unique way to the cessation of suffering
Journeys through the eightfold paths
Eyes opened to different perspectives
Deep views through the usage of wisdom
Freely escaped from the cycle of rebirth
Disappearance of sufferings and fears
Elimination of lustful desires
Firmly riveted to the middle way
Total avoidance of the sinful
Complete control of the body and mind
The gateway to eternal happiness
Deliberate search of real freedom
Devotion of life for the sake of others
Embracement of eternal blissful light
Make this world peaceful and bright...

Hemakumar Nanayakkara

Freedom

Can I compare myself to a bird?
Never in this human world.
For a bird is free to fly,
He is the king of the sky.
While I'm bound, gagged
And feel like a genie in a bottle lie...

Krishanthi Anandawansa

The lonely girl

The vexed streets are her house,
Mourning is her beloved spouse,
Love and faith is her foe
Wrath and lust is her hope,
She is the lark who cries at night.

Tharindu Jayamanna

The Angel of Death

He was a Doctor without a heart
But fond of wired experiments
They called him Josef Mengele the
Angel of Death
He was specializing in Racial Hygiene
Determined to kill for racial superiority
'I am the power, he said
And injected chloroform
In to little children's hearts
Mengele did all these horrible things
In the name of science
But did nothing for medical science
He was only exercising his power.

Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge

*My canine friend*

Whenever I return home after a
hard days work
She is there at the gate
To greet me with impatience
With full of expectation
Ears raised
Eyes wide opened
Tail wagging at an accelerated rate
It is few years
Since she was brought to our home
By my daughter
In one of her campus vacations
Carrying in her arms
Like a precious little thing
When I arrived to pick her up
At Fort railway station
It is a great stress reliever
To run around the compound
Either she chasing me
Or me chasing her
Pulling my arm tucked in her jaw
Not letting me free
Fearing she will lose my company
Reeza is our pet doggie
Being a female
My daughters tease me saying
"Papa, You know why it loves you
so much
Because it is a female"

B. Hettiarachchi