I thought I knew me Till I saw you At midnight, wrapped around her waist Dangling, at the edges, All woolly and warm I shouldn’t have interrupted Should’ve stayed, politely away Talked after You know been more civilized Instead, I sauntered over Asked her what she was doing with you And did you know we were together Looked surprised ...
Funny how Wanting to love And wanting love I’m standing here Kicking the grass I’d rather if you’d move a little closer ‘cos I just can’t seem to Bridge this one foot or so between us Stretching like eternity I’m considering tripping , falling over, Spreading your arms wide open you say animatedly, “It was this big” I’m thinking ...
Funny how Wanting to love And wanting love I’m standing here Kicking the grass I’d rather if you’d move a little closer ‘cos I just can’t seem to Bridge this one foot or so between us Stretching like eternity I’m considering tripping , falling over, Spreading your arms wide open you say animatedly, “It was this big” I’m thinking ...
Tonight you ask With that half baked smile ?? Will you be there? Maybe, I say What do you mean? I mean, maybe I’ll be there And maybe not??? Yeah….. You’re grinning now Like a Cheshire Cat You’ll be there, you say, and laugh out loud Your hand on my shoulder Willing me, to come I can feel you ...
Tonight you ask With that half baked smile ?? Will you be there? Maybe, I say What do you mean? I mean, maybe I’ll be there And maybe not??? Yeah….. You’re grinning now Like a Cheshire Cat You’ll be there, you say, and laugh out loud Your hand on my shoulder Willing me, to come I can feel you ...
In the end We live for those Strange, rare days When love arrives Heady moments That takes your breath away Kisses, before taking out the trash Unexpected And kisses after And laughter At putting the saucepan on And lighting the wrong burner ;) Awkward silences And too much talk Silenced By more kisses We live for those Fleeting moments ...
In the end We live for those Strange, rare days When love arrives Heady moments That takes your breath away Kisses, before taking out the trash Unexpected And kisses after And laughter At putting the saucepan on And lighting the wrong burner ;) Awkward silences And too much talk Silenced By more kisses We live for those Fleeting moments ...
I don’t love you anymore you said and I stood there not quite sure I heard you right what do you mean? I ask needing that split second, before you respond to wrap my head around the idea of you, falling out of love, with me I didn’t really need to ask I asked anyway maybe, I hoped, if ...
I don’t love you anymore you said and I stood there not quite sure I heard you right what do you mean? I ask needing that split second, before you respond to wrap my head around the idea of you, falling out of love, with me I didn’t really need to ask I asked anyway maybe, I hoped, if ...
You must think its over Now that you have Let. Me. Go. And you’re right about that It is over So you should stop asking Mutual acquaintances how I’m doing It’s embarrassing I suppose you must think I’m devastated And maybe I am, just a little Every time I remember you that is Which is not that often now ...
………. He said casually And I thought, as I sometimes do, That’s funny, that, And we laughed ‘Cos that’s what we do Little things To forget Big things Big, miserable things That had made you forget How to do this Smile at little things And laugh At not so funny jokes Shake your head At how silly it all ...
Space between us stretch wider as days pass fading like photographs the moments blur I’m smiling relieved to be away from the confusion and pain the toxic elixir that took over my life You Sashikala Premawardhane This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.
I walk into the darkness Of this year-end night The sky invisible Pressing down on the Alleyways Of the mind Unbearably solid Rock like This fixedness I am struggling to change Fights against me I am bursting From within All this chaos Won’t change By sipping of champagne at midnight Ringing in 2014 Sashikala Premawardhane This work is licensed under ...
I still cringe When I think of that hurried afternoon meeting Your farewell face Saying it all And yet I let it be Let you triple T- “think things through” Even though I say dismissively to you When we talk, thereafter, “I know the answer already” Some sadist in me wants to hear you say it ...
When you write sweet nothings On her Facebook wall Like a giddy teenager Smiley faces and exclamation marks Completely unsuited to your sullen ways It’s like rubbing salt into the wounds You’ve created in my heart Any scrap of affection she throws you devour, ravenously falling over yourself in comparison you deal with me in measured doses careful and calculated ...
(photo credits: http://www.blacksaturdaybushfires.com.au/) Only too familiar With destruction Both natural and man-made I watch the fires burn The bombs, the tsunami I have seen them all on my soil No fires though- not yet It is the spirit That dies Embers speeding Dancing on dried grass Feeding and growing moving at will Taking in everything in its path Yellow, ...
At the bottom of the cup the tea leaves swirl As I lift up to drink Some days Are harder I keep searching for you In places we never meet Absentmindedly The heart is foolish Yearning for things It cannot have The mind even more so Rationalizing The heart’s every desire I should compromise Be rational Practical Less stubborn and ...
Sometimes love Comes in fits and starts Sputtered, at night, Raw, unedited, fierce Touch and word struggle To convey the heart and its unruly needs Then during the day We go about our business Rarely, a word between us, As if the night, These nights Didn’t exist Some days, I look at you, And all I can think of are ...
You still walk to gods In far flung places Take long tedious journeys With live chicken in the boot To set free at kovils And pray each day That I find someone Who will love me You would think They would take pity These gods on your aching bones and tired soul I am surprised nonetheless You find energy ...
