MY POETIC PLACE
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Grandpa
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Gods for Sale
[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” content_placement=”middle” bg_type=”bg_color” bg_color_value=”#763857″ css=”.vc_custom_1623946961044{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”12119″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]I was only ten When we went to Katharagama The four wheels were rolling ceaselessly In a never-ending journey Along the parched, brown earth Exhausted – just like us On the way to Katharagama When boredom strikes so hard As the sweltering sun […]
An Unseen Melody
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When Rain Falls in Pettah…
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A Fallen Symphony
[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” content_placement=”middle” bg_type=”bg_color” bg_color_value=”#763857″ css=”.vc_custom_1623946961044{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”12104″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1623947974305{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;}”]There was a time, I used to stand in majesty, In the midst of a cosy parlour, Newly alive and varnished, A burnt umber glowing in grandeur, Ornate Swiss trinkets placed on top, Shimmering in the evening light, […]
“Sawyer, is that you?”
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