Liberation Poem by Jayatissa K. Liyanage

Look that side, what do I see?
Trees are swaying back and forth,
for what, ....I do not know.

I close my eyes and stand,
creaky chirps of birds, start
beating my ear drums.
Why do they do that to me?

I sit down on a rock, to feel free
zephyr blows brushing my face,
What a botheration, all these are,
to a peace loving mind?

When I try to be firm and strong
Fragrance of a wild flower creeps in
through my nostrils, uninvited
Why don't they let me be on my own...........?

Don't bother me, any more, please
let me be hazel free ‘n peaceful..........
Next moment, my own conscience queries
Who troubles you? ... Who bothers you?

None other than, my own self within
acts the enemy against my own soul
The anger, irrationality, impatience etc
Reigning whole of inside..... in me

Yes... I see them, I feel them
I recognize each, so lucid in entirety
Let me rid of them, one at a time,
And, now I feel, I am being liberated...

Let the swing ‘n sway of trees, recur
Let bird chips and breeze, mind soothing return
Let the nature be a cradle to every mind ‘n soul, and
Let every mind and soul, is free and peaceful!