nimal dunuhinga Poems

The same air they breathe
under the one sky.
They share the light & darkness equally.
The same water they use
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Bilaterally, they started their journey.
But there is no any trace of ancestors.
Their tombs covered with grass.
We grass roots continue our journey.
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At the Zoological gardens
I gave a banana to a monkey
and he nicely peeled it
like a man.
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A pauper claims his baroness mother was buried
in this aristocratic graveyard.
But he doesn't have any relevant document
to prove that.
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Your sleepy eyes tell me something
And it could be the secret of love & sex?
Song of the river at dusk
Speak the mystery of life & death?
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Hey! My strong ebony
Though you are black,
In the pitch darkness
I can see your beauty.
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A large striped animal of the cat family
the tiger, in Sri Lankan jungle you don't find.
There are only leopards with spots
and no stripes at all.
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A poor chap is digging trenches
in the frontier beneath the Sungod.
He is not in regular army
who enrol voluntarily.
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A pure gold ornament weigh in carats.
But I am scared to wear as the phobia
which rings always specially in nights
whether they kill me or rob
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From time to time in plain clothes
a man who goes everywhere in a placid mood
for his living.
Still he could not find a pinnacle.
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