The plight of a baby elephant

Wandering in
the rural village
A she-elephant
and its cub
Fell in the
huge well
Made for
watering the fields
The kind
villagers came to help
But it frightened
the she-elephant
It got so
hysteric and became insane
And drowned
its own cub
In the water
they both fell in
Why did she
do that?
Does anyone
have an answer?
Why do
people commit suicide?
Does anyone
have an answer?
There are
many things
We cannot
answer but
What I cannot bear
to think is that
The little
cub paid with its life
Just because
it fell into a huge well

Sujeewa Gunaratne

The poet through an incident of baby elephant and she -elephant falling into a pit, draws a parallel with suicide. The excited she-elephant in her struggle draws the baby elephant. The poet poses the question why do people commit suicide? The poem basically narrates an incident and some thoughts of the poet. What saddened the poet is the killing of the baby elephant. The poem would have been more effective if the poet has not expressed the feeling directly towards the latter part of the poem. - Indeewara

Uncertainty

Nobody can stop changes
So they are inexorable.
Nobody can prevent changes
So they are inevitable.
Nobody can ignore changes
So they are inescapable.
Nobody can avoid changes
So they are ineluctable.
Changes are inexpressibly elegant,
at the phase initial.
Whereas at the phase final,
changes are inexpressibly inelegant
To change the inelegance
Yet nobody is eligible.

Tharini Salwathura

The poem is about the inevitable change that occurs in life. At the initial stage, changes are welcomed but later they are loathsome for some. So the changes are so varied and occur in each and every matter. Even the atoms are subjected to constant change so are the emotions in men and women. The poet tries to make a philosophical note in a simple diction. What always associates with change is uncertainty which is in another way the title of life. -Indeewara Thilakarathne