රෙදි බෝනික්කාගෙන් අපරික්ෂාකාරී දරුවාට

Rag Doll to the Heedless Child 

I love you

with my linen heart.

you cannot

know how these

rigid, lumpy arms

shudder in your grasp,

or what

tears dam up against

these blue eye-smudges at

your capriciousness.

At night I watch you sleep;

you’ll never know

how I thrust my face

into the stream

of your warm breath;

and how

love-words choke me behind

this sewn-up mouth.

— David Harsent

දිනමිණ -වසත් සුළඟ- 30.05.2017