A rusty Humber rattled along the gears designed on the steering wheel column. The man driving the car was whistling, tea bushes sweeping by the curvy roads 6 or 7 hours and they were still going. The driver shifted gears, the girl in the back seat kept staring at the steering wheel, and wondered why the gears were designed ...
Afternoons with Melanie consist of walks and talks and Serious physiotherapy Put one foot in front of another Take long strides Now run, walk, run Can we beat this we can, when joy abounds! When distress creeps in Because the body freezes Melanie is there To pull one up From impending despair Box. mind your head The upper cut, ...
The ocean: vast, blue inaccessible Cliffs stand tall form a barricade to the beach My brain won’t let me walk Boys use arms to fashion a seat Helicopter blades circle, the clouds help lift My form—in its infancy of weight— I am whizzed by, the lads and I Hot sand beneath our feet They lay me on the pristine ...
For the umpteenth time this year, I could not get out of bed. My legs wouldn’t move, my hands felt as if they were floating somewhere near my body. Not attached as they should be. It’s what I call a global phenomenon; meaning, the symptoms were global, affected my entire body; to say it was a nuisance is an ...
I am from Gwen and Shanti; daddy and mummy From a decade that all seemed possible. I am from a time of freedom. The 1970’s where much was conceivable I live in Colombo. eating mangoes on the verandah throwing the seeds out onto the lawn. Waiting for the trees to sprout (the magician’s popular party trick) spitting the pulp ...
I know you know where love lies not in the heart which is heavy with depression or some other unnamable malaise. But, in the soul is there a difference? Between heart and soul? One is an organ The other, is our historical imprint. Waiting to be released if only for a moment to kiss your face. Before the bleak ...
“Too much!” I say to my 16-year-old! We have too much. Don’t waste your food, eat what’s on your plate, I reiterate. Not because I am necessarily super altruistic about food waste—to me, it’s the “principal of the thing” –it affects us all—When one is a parent-one tries to set an example, teach right from wrong, good from bad, ...
You were my mentor and I appreciated you for your kindness and caring. You would sit with me every day coaching me in physics to make sure I would pass the exam. Boyles law, Charles Law, and more of that. The dive tables I got. But, it was your faith in me and perseverance that made me the diver I ...
I’ll be back by eight doesn’t turn up till ten. she wets her bed and lies lays on it –in it’s sweat wet he meets the morning and lies about the sheets. The Gardner lied when asked: did you steal the coconuts? No. came the reply and buries his head leaves the premises out of embarrassment.
The retreat is situated near a tank that is man made We arrive as the crows take off from the Para Mara trees surrounding us and baulk, screeching into the twilight, the smaller ones are nervous we can tell-can they tell that we are nervous– too? But not about the crows. About the retreat And the disorder that we ...
The art of ageing Is to keep moving Keep the blood flowing The skin glowing The hair bouncy The teeth gleaming The nails polished and shining The muscles toned The brain occupied and stimulated Keep challenging yourself Do what needs to be done Cross things off your list Love a lot, help a lot Buy a lot, give a ...
listen to your body. i don’t mean that as a recommendation to say or not say something, i mean it quite literally. you said your body is trying to tell you something. so listen. for now, that’s all you have to do. find a quiet place once a day, sit comfortably and turn your focus on your body, the ...
A witches coven of beautiful women and one fabulous hairdresser, meet once a month for lunch, gossip wine and tea hosted by Shaan whose house is unencumbered free from clutter we sit on the couch and lol about laugh and laugh tears stream out emotions transform as if we were acting in a movie feeling groovy
Bravery manifests in many guises. John was tired of fighting–he was assigned to the front line–and was terrified. But, like all his comrades he put up a brave front. Besides, he would never let his side down, by playing the coward. He wanted respect and men in the front usually got it. It’s primal, the respect, that is. So ...
She worked with architects and saw many houses. First, it was in the looking and in the answering of a question thrown here or there by the lead architect of the group. She wasn’t quite taken with the houses she saw- and once in a while she was stumped by a question asked of her. “What makes the acoustics ...
Time can be anywhere from an Instant to a lifetime. There are lessons to be learned In this; the privilege that is existence. Do we understand, then, that journey? Is important? We continue till we know how, and Are able to handle the stresses that set in And the pain takes off like a rocket In space, the pins ...
cement mixers drive down narrow roads, manoeuvring so as not to kill off the last of the bird life- the crows will remain they are our survivors- as are the people left in the north and from the south. colombo changes google maps (have yet) to show a change in the shape of our pearl island physically we are ...
Go deep, deep or deeper as you ever imagined the rawness of you bursting as from a ripe open mangosteen. Truth lies there. And Lies. But lies does not stay for long. Truth always has the wherewith-all to come out and play. Sometimes it’s so painful you can’t go on. It breaks up at its freshest—quickly, uninterrupted and after ...
Time is relative You can’t hold it Or make stop. time is a metaphor for when you are Old and grey? Is it only here for the realization That we are born to live then, die? Time almost stopped when I was in bed all day All I could do was breathe that’s all I knew Time was all I ...