The sunbird’s joy 🐦
Sunbird in the pomegranate tree Hovering over the vermillion buds Looking for drops of dew and nectar Eyeing for spiders and naive bugs How fast your little wings beat! Glistening in the warm golden sun A long pointed beak impatiently search Among the flowers, the best one You do your little somersault In the edge […]
Fireworks in my heart 🎆
They said the fireworks were beautiful Lighting the new year’s sky They said they looked like flowers Of every colour and size They said it thrilled their waiting hearts To see such a lovely sight I couldn’t help but let out a sigh Thinking of our plight A new year dawned with cheer and hope […]
Tall and green 🌲🌲🌲
Is there anyone blue To walk in this woods with me Among these giant pines That stand tall and green? On this soft snow rug That buries my tired feet I will walk without an aim Taking an occasional seat I don’t mind if I lose my way Among these wise old trees For I […]
Not-so-fairy tales 🍎
Are you grown up enough to read a fairytale? To dive between the pages and know it in detail A world so fascinating, in a child’s innocent eye Where good side always wins and no one ever dies Are you grown up enough to see how adults fail? When the abused poor children follow a […]
The other version 🌠🐫🐫🐫
The white marble figurines in a small manger Creates a cozy sight for the eye Fairy lights flickering and decorations dangling An angel with unfurled wings hung high Among the hay that is carefully strewn Donkeys, cattle, and little lambs lie The Three Wisemen bearing gifts, on camels Follow a comet in the Eastern sky […]
Blindsight 🕯💡
Darkness falls for the second time. Once due to the setting of the sun. Then due to the absence of electricity. A faster and sudden fall of darkness. For a few seconds, everything blacks out. Pupils dilate, looking for guidance in the inky blackness. From somewhere comes the chirk of a striking match. The subtle […]
Lost 😼
There was a tattered old handbill on a street lamp post It said a man was looking for his loving cat that was lost The poster showed a grouchy cat with a sinister look on his face “Gideon,” said the poster, it was the lost cat’s name People passed the lamp post every day and […]
Fireflies in the dark 🌟
Like stars of heaven have fallen down They float in the wind when the daylight recedes Pale Green and yellow luminous dots Among the bushes and in paddy fields Millions of them swarm around Like a scene from beloved a fairy tale Like countless stars raining down on earth Like a queen’s sequin studded veil […]
Streets of Negombo 🏙
Sigh of the sea and the salt-soaked breeze Caw of the crows and the tarmac streets Buzz of the boats and the fishermen’s call Flap of the sails and the market brawl Calm is the canal that flows through the town Bright coloured vessels sail up and down Crisps and the whiff of the savory […]
Watching the clouds 🌥
A flock of sheep was above my head, dozing on a velvet quilt so blue There were plump ones, fluffy ones, podgy ones, and some were ruffled too They were lazy and sleepy floating above, in a world so happy and true Some moved so slowly while others snuggled as a lonely zephyr blew A […]