Comments on: One of Us https://groundviews.org/2009/01/12/one-of-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-of-us Journalism for Citizens Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:11:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: Indran_Amirthan https://groundviews.org/2009/01/12/one-of-us/#comment-4397 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.

]]> By: Dr.Francesca Bremner https://groundviews.org/2009/01/12/one-of-us/#comment-4394 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

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