Comments on: One of Us http://groundviews.org/2009/01/12/one-of-us/ Groundviews is an award winning Sri Lankan citizen journalism initiative Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:47:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Indran_Amirthan http://groundviews.org/2009/01/12/one-of-us/#comment-4397 Indran_Amirthan Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:17:12 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=1066#comment-4397 A powerful image "sat still with a bent back." Richard, now Lasantha....we must get up and we must get the world to stand up and say no...in all avaiable forums. A powerful image "sat still with a bent back." Richard, now Lasantha….we must get up and we must get the world to stand up and say no…in all avaiable forums.

]]> By: Dr.Francesca Bremner http://groundviews.org/2009/01/12/one-of-us/#comment-4394 Dr.Francesca Bremner Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:22:19 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=1066#comment-4394 Dear Sanjana, I was moved to write this from the USA. Your site will not let me register. Ashes at the Stake- For Lasantha I remember the day I heard Richard was killed Almost twenty years ago. Far away in the diaspora I sat all night My back bent and still. Regimes shifted, People still disappeared into the night Witches, burnt at the stake A sacrifice, An offering.. In the name of the nation, Today I heard Lasatha was killed. “One of us” who spoke for the “them”, Burnt at the stake.. Another offering.. In the name of the nation. Far away in the diapora I have sat still With a bent back. For much too long. Slowly The Ashes Gather momentum… Francesca USA Dear Sanjana,
I was moved to write this from the USA. Your site will not let me register.

Ashes at the Stake- For Lasantha

I remember the day I heard
Richard was killed
Almost twenty years ago.
Far away in the diaspora
I sat all night
My back bent
and still.

Regimes shifted,
People still disappeared
into the night
Witches, burnt at the stake
A sacrifice,
An offering..
In the name of the nation,

Today I heard
Lasatha was killed.
“One of us” who spoke
for the “them”,
Burnt at the stake..
Another offering..
In the name of the nation.

Far away in the diapora
I have sat still
With a bent back.
For much too long.
Slowly
The Ashes
Gather momentum…

Francesca
USA

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