Tribute To Lasantha Poem by Ponniah Ganeshan

Lasantha, you are also dead and gone at last
In an age untimely, a lot of things and actions needed by you
To say and achieve
Let those who killed you, pretend to be happy and see
That Justice never fails
That hero never dies and coward never lives.

The message you have left behind is lit and burning bright
Like a flame in a corner of our heart
Your voices against injustice and corruptions
Are not silenced but still heard for us to go ahead.

The land with ots bells and clocks and flowers
Gone to dogs.
The land with its triple gems
Gone to rocks
Where there are unholy men in holy orders
And holy men in unholy orders.

Let hope the time to take its trends of its own
Sure, your name is written in my scripts
Till I am dead or killed by some unknown.

Lasantha, you are also dead and gone at last
In an age untimely, a lot of things and actions needed by you
To say and achieve
Let those who killed you, pretend to be happy and see
That Justice never fails
That hero never dies and coward never lives.

The message you have left behind is lit and burning bright
Like a flame in a corner of our heart
Your voices against injustice and corruptions
Are not silenced but still heard for us to go ahead.

The land with ots bells and clocks and flowers
Gone to dogs.
The land with its triple gems
Gone to rocks
Where there are unholy men in holy orders
And holy men in unholy orders.

Let hope the time to take its trends of its own
Sure, your name is written in my scripts
Till I am dead or killed by some unknown.