Comments on: Negotiables https://groundviews.org/2010/05/22/negotiables/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=negotiables Journalism for Citizens Sat, 22 May 2010 09:16:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka https://groundviews.org/2010/05/22/negotiables/#comment-19352 Sat, 22 May 2010 09:16:14 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=3244#comment-19352 Is bludgeoning
villagers with bombs
much worse
than
bludgeoning
commuters with suicide bombs?

Do
the newly
shooted Bo Tree
and the shrine
arise karmically
from the shot at Bo tree
in Anuradhapura
and the truckbombed Kandy Temple?

]]> By: Ananda Ariyarathne https://groundviews.org/2010/05/22/negotiables/#comment-19344 Sat, 22 May 2010 07:31:06 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=3244#comment-19344 This is a poem I wrote last year.

Waiting Mother…..

She closes her eyes for she doesn’t see any,
Then sees him growing in to a lad full of fun,
Leaving her giving his life for a brighter sun,
Opens her eyes and she doesn’t see any.

She closes her eyes for she doesn’t see any,
Then sees him walking down the path
Turning every step to look back and wave,
Opens her eyes and she doesn’t see any.

She closes her eyes for she doesn’t see any
Then sees him turning down the path,
Too far to see if he were crying or smiling,
Opens her eyes and she doesn’t see any.

She closes her eyes for she doesn’t see any,
Sees other sons who returned walking or dead,
Not her dear one longed and to see she waited,
Opens her eyes and she doesn’t see any.

She closes her eyes for she doesn’t see any,
Then sees him coming walking up the path,
Holding over the shoulders, a bag so heavy,
Opens her eyes and she doesn’t see any.

With tired, tear filled and eyes swollen,
It is to see her son she waits and waits,
For her it is her world if there is one.
With hope that never withered nor lost.

By

Ananda Ariyarathne

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