තරණය කිරීම්: මතකයක සිතියමක්

Dinamina 22/3/2016

Crossings: A Memory Map | Vivimarie Vanderpooten

In a few weeks

you will

cross several oceans

and two continents

in search of new beginnings

and fulfilment of old needs

my mind hovers around

the days we sailed paper boats

on rivers made by

monsoon rain on a coconut estate

streams afloat

with pol mal and tamarind shells

and halts near the talk

of leaving

the concept of home

and crossing oceans

With you i have confronted

the intricate twists of

growing up

negotiated the algorithms

of loving and losing

divided grief

into manageable chunks

With you i have constructed a history

So geography shall remain

only a syllable

as you leave

a small twig in the river

that flows inexorably

to the sea