Change Poem by Deva De Silva

Endless sky,
Supreme ruler
Icy blue sea,
A willing ally
Colonize the earth
Repressing its zeal
As a bird in its cage
A glorified claim
A blue collar around its neck
As a slave in bondage
Striped of its glamour
Chained to a cold stone pillar
Ruffling the monotony
Of the dazzling space
Its timid presence
Hidden by a cloudy haze
Grazing at the horizon
A green patch of growth,
Shies away in a corner
Searching for its soul
A tree line
Against the sky,
Feign a gentle breeze
Blowing in the wind
In a mellowed spring
To claim the nearing summer
Against the frosty waters
Its novelty presents
First green sprouts
of spring bulbs
Bobbing their heads out
To greet its creator
Are we blessed with power?
Are we cursed at birth?
They seem to ask
From the sky,
From the sea
Ignoring the others,
The Islands of the Sea
Radiating its zest
Sky extends
Far beyond the reach
Of the others
No walls divide
The sea and the sky
A mysterious eternity
Towering over all else
Sea is sky
Sky is water
One flowing into the other
Ceaseless
Joined together
Standing entwined
Dwarfed islands
Upright and proud
Stirring the souls
Rousing the numbed
Rivaling the might
Of the blue mammoth,
Hailing for their right to be free!