When I came to
the end of the world
my mind was ready
to let go of
...
Some people come to this world
for a purpose,
to accomplish a task,
and when its done
...
Two chili plants
With identical origins
They are of the same kind
...
I have given up
everything I held dear
but it was not
renunciation
...
Dreams and memories
collected and bundled together
lie under and around headstones that stand
to scar the earth at random intervals.
...
It is said that
the angel of death
likes to embrace
lives full of youth
...
Your cooking is great
I told you once
you offered to teach me
because you love me
...
I couldn’t take your hand
we couldn’t make family
we couldn’t even say
we love each other but
...
I am a traveler
traveling alone
itinerary is not mine
planning is not mine
...
In the Green pastures that run
Over mountain tops
Along valleys and plains
Adorning the earth
...
When the cold of night
intensifies the melancholic desolation
time walks very slowly,
pinfully slowly
...
Carrying the cross
To the top of Calvary
Was a humiliation enough
To compensate for
...
50 years old, Sinhalese male from Sri Lanka Land Surveyor by profession Married and has one son - Chatranga I was born in the North central part of Sri Lanka. Spent my childhood in a real rural setting in the dry zone of my country. Schooled in the village school till grade 9 and entered a better college on a scholarship. The freedom I enjoyed after school running around with peers in the bush, paddy fields and rural roads is still fresh in my mind. This will continue.........)
Beginning And End
When I came to
the end of the world
my mind was ready
to let go of
everything
without a thought.
Suddenly I felt
like opening my
tightly closed eyes.
When I did
I saw a beginning,
beginning of another
world
another universe.