Chokolaate

I Don’t Want to Be sold – An Iron Sky Tale – Written by Ash Lanka

‘CRASH!’ “Argh” I grunt holding in the pain making sure not to let it out so I don’t look weak in front of her but as she held the wooden sword to my neck, I realize that was pointless. “Stop! Elina takes the win!” Our teacher tells and Elina smiles and gets off me and […]

While Being inside Busy Trains by Ashmini Kalika Karunarathne

On a sunny friday evening I stood between, The pressure of weary bodies returning home. They were all wearing bags of responsibilities, On their shoulders and sweating off distress. All fed up with work with no breaks between.    While clinging to a bar, I peeped into a tired face. He carried a gray bag […]

Jigsaw Puzzle to be Solved…! by Ashmini Kalika Karunarathne

Twinkling,twinkle little golden, stars blissfully glittering,glinting up in the skies. Hey ! Can they alone illuminate,light up the darkest, and blackest midnight skies ? Outstanding, full moon, lavishly spreading it’s beams on the sandwich of earth in fun. Hey! Can the moon be the source of light in the night sans his opposing pal the […]

I Hope You Know by Gayumi Wijewardana

I hope you know you’re still the one i look upto, I hope you know you’re the best one that ever clicked, I hope you know i went lengths just to see if you’re fine, I hope you know i tried more than i could, I hope you know you’ve never been an annoyance, I […]

A Speck of Dust by Sheryl Lebbe

Beauty of words Beauty of thoughts Clarity of soul And chaos of life Eloquence of breath And the pause of a heartbeat A flicker of an eye And the flashback of life Thrown into the universe With no strings attached Abysmal mystery And now, A star that shines; A speck of dust. By Sheryl Lebbe

SOFT SPOKEN by Sheryl Lebbe

The soft murmur emerged with the zephyr Gentle as the wind the low voice unfurl Leaving nothing but A snail trail of significance And a roaring sea cave within. Eroding and hollowing When the turquoise waters crash The echos seizes oneself As the universe flows from within.   by Sheryl Lebbe

UNKNOTTING OF THE KNOT by F. Sajidha Jiffrey

Twisted tight in the realm of a silent bond The strands ravelled together holding their grazes and bruises Hints the invisible yet unhidden scar Deep down, fierce is the war The realistic urge to break away from the cluster of gauntlets Tearing apart the tangled knot Escaping the mystic misty wound that continues to ache […]

25 – Dr. Yasindri Jayawardena

This year I turned the big 25. Some days it seems like it was only yesterday that I was making fairy gardens and playing dress up with my cousin. While some days I feel like I really have aged and have become wiser and older. But in no way do I feel and if I […]

Launch of SafeCircles.lk – a free, trilingual platform to educate and empower children

The Safe Circles website (www.safecircles.lk) was officially launched at an event on 8th July 2023. Safe Circles was created to make education on topics that matter accessible to all Sri Lankans in Sinhala, Tamil and English. The Safe Circles website – www.safecircles.lk – provides free workshop materials that concerned citizens anywhere in the country can […]