Groundviews » Francesca http://groundviews.org Groundviews is an award winning Sri Lankan citizen journalism initiative Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:37:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ashes at the Stake – For Lasantha http://groundviews.org/2009/01/13/ashes-at-the-stake-for-lasantha/ http://groundviews.org/2009/01/13/ashes-at-the-stake-for-lasantha/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:42:55 +0000 Francesca http://www.groundviews.org/?p=1071 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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