Floods
Tears rolled down in torrents,
From heavy rain clouds,
As silver streaks of lightning
Whipped across their faces.
Wrath of clouds was such,
That tears viciously gushed downstream,
Flooding banks,
Devouring everything that came across.
Man and animal
House and tree
Causing disaster, lamenting and weeping.
Neela Vithanage
The snail
Where was he going
In the salubrious morning?
To get some fresh air,
To forget a nightmare?
How was he to know,
It was dangerous to go,
Across the man-made roads,
Exploited by "driver lords'!
On to the road stepped he,
Not knowing what might be,
A crazy motorist whizzed past,
F-l-e-c-k-i-n-g the highway vast!
A. C. Sunil Ranaweera
Charming power
You have the power to keep me with you
Sometimes I am surprised with your ways
Not because that you do not love me
But because of your great "forgiveness".
Forgiving is your unconditional love
Which has overwhelmed me through and through
I trust that it will be everlasting
I wonder, why "you pursue me"?
Now I can't think of love without you
Whenever I am in touch with you
Troubles do not disturb me
This is because of your "charming power"
Alex Christina Chandrakumar
Goodbye
I heard the cry of an owl
I saw the gloomy sky
It showed my empty soul
That's what made me cry
Though I lost my spirit
I've myself your own
It may glitter all through the night
Seeking my happiness and my morn
You've sacrificed your life
For the sake of "miraculous thing"
Are we owners of the immortal life?
Or poor borrowers of everything?
You've remained your great expectation
But I've to keep it alive
It's "the seed" of contemplation
Then how I measure its value?
It spellbound my shivery heart
And made my psyche brave
It draws away my heartfelt hurt
And every misfortune I have
I pray for you for the sake of love
And say goodbye for ever
I protect "our blossom" that you gave
Singing lullaby whenever
Pubudini Gunaratne Inginnimitya
Life is...
When ur heart is blessed with joyful memories
Your eyes blink together and quietly say
That "life is worth".
When ur heart is broken by disappointments
Your eyes shed tears together and quietly say
That "life is nothing".
And when you feel so tired and sleepy
Your eyes see dreams together and quietly say,
That 'life is hard".
But one day if the steady beat of your heart
get stopped
Your eyes murmur goodbye forever
and quietly say,
That "life is unstable"!
D. Randima Rasanjali
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