Life

Not a puzzle to solve

Not a prize to grab

Nor a game to win

And ofcourse not 

A cause for tears...

Life...

Is the essential of beauty

Gifted to all

no matter big or small
To be lived for the fullest

To enjoy with heart filled joy

Life is to be lived

the great gift of God...

Sanduni Perera

Tresspassing prohibited

I must admit 

that now I feel

quite guilty

For cutting down

the saplings

grandfather 

had planted

laboriously...

They had menacingly

encroached on my territory..

Blurring his memory 

with the flaring up of hatred..

Among family members 

who is in union,

had decided to democrate

the land with a barbed wire fence...

Forgetting how we

plucked and shared

the ripe and luscious fruits

in abundance...

R. Amarasinghe

Youth

Youth is a state of mind

sharp as a knife

rather than a time of life...

It's not a matter of rosy cheeks

red lips and supply knees,

but a strong will when one speaks

a matter of hope, courage, strength

joy and peace...

Nobody grows old merely by the years

But by deserting your ideals through worries

self destruct and fears

years may wrinkle your skin on the whole

but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles your soul...

When your spirit is covered

with the snows of pessimism

Then you are old even at eighteen

but as long as you catch the waves of optimism

You may die still young even at eighty...

F.Zhulfaa Zhulficar

Sing my life...

My fingers are running

The keys are singing,

Do Re Me Fa SO La Te...

I wonder why I feel

My eyes so wet...

My finger tips struggling

to keep up with

Do Re Me Fa So La Te...

I wish he was here

To help me through my notes

Of the song he sang with me

starting with

Do Re Me Fa So La Te...

I feel so alone

since I own only the echo

of our song...

I'm lost in the depth
Without him to sing with me...

I'm Lost in

Do Re Me Fa So La Te...

Sumudu Samarakoon

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