A colleague I had worked with sometime back dropped into see me this evening at my office. I was delighted to see Kalle. Usually, when projects finish, people forget you. When you no longer profit them in some way or … Continue reading →
This scorching heat Is not just the April sun Hovering right above this island Steaming The pressing air Is not just the heavy breath Of an erratic monsoon Slapping you into a daze This thunder is not the threatening Voices I begin to hear This lightning not the disappearing Shadows of people who [...]
Suddenly, it seems this being in the in-between, is the root-narrative of my life: Of constantly being torn or dangling between two unknown spheres. The real and the imaginary; the East and the West; the English and the Sinhala; the … Continue reading →
It’s past midnight and I’m still searching Searching for a party to join Walking past the neon lights Past the posh cars whizzing by With rich and powerful chasing Their dreams through the city night Empty streets, foul gutters Clicking stilettoes in flight Past the doors marked Members Only Lurid music throbbing through the [...]
They find comfort in walking Walking consciously Walking with the rest Walking to remember and remind Those who forget Lost to the throngs, their footsteps leave no shadows, no prints as if frisked away by playful waves on a beach … Continue reading →
(19.35, 18-09-2010, waiting for QR 303) spotlessly glistening all too perfect world without a sense of time waiting waiting waiting in the transit lounge to take wings is it your face i see in the crowd in the reflection of the glass panes against dazzling zorowsky jewels armani versace window panes… i see only your [...]
Breathe with me Once, twice, thrice, Breathe in with me This earth beyond a price Breathe with me forever this way Draw me deep into your grace Breathe with me once again Breathe with me The rivers and the mountains … Continue reading →
Our maid Jayanthi, who comes every other day to help us, brings without failure a posy of gruesome news – senseless murder, gang-rape and child abuse – to decorate our breakfast table. As if they are some sweet-smelling English roses. … Continue reading →
Run away from me As fast as you can Forget the dreams You wanted to come true Run away from the voice You used to believe Give into the dull whine Of fear and doubt Things, they cannot be predicted Things, they can often go wrong Through the routine of the days We [...]
And now that I have you Next to me So calm is the night The moments twinkling Like stars in a Christmas sky Now that I have your arms Around me So warm is the night Our breaths intermingling With the wind-chimers’ sigh Now that I have your love Surrounding me So [...]
Nothing’s ever forgotten, is it? It was past midnight, and three of us middle-aged women, (yes, I suppose I can definitely call myself one), were working on a translation, Sinhala to English. The word was ‘ranketi’. My mind scurries back about 25 years in time. Emotions are hard to keep down when it’s past midnight, [...]
Unhurried love You surprise me You’ve been so late in coming. And now that we’ve loved Will you sing for me? That I now forget tomorrow’s an ending. Destinies change As you leave me Aflame with your hidden … Continue reading →
Our maid Jayanthi, who comes every other day to help us, brings without failure a posy of gruesome news – senseless murder, gang-rape and child abuse – to decorate our breakfast table. As if they are some sweet-smelling English roses. … Continue reading →
Breathe with me Once, twice, thrice, Breathe in with me This earth beyond a price Breathe with me forever this way Draw me deep into your grace Breathe with me once again Breathe with me The rivers and the mountains … Continue reading →