ප්‍රතික්ෂේපය

Beloved,
.
In what other lives or lands
Have I known your lips
Your Hands
Your Laughter brave
Irreverent.
Those sweet excesses that
I do adore.
What surety is there
That we will meet again,
On other worlds some
Future time undated.
I defy my body's haste.
Without the promise
Of one more sweet encounter
I will not deign to die.

- Maya Angelou

දිනමිණ වසත් සුළඟ 20/09/2016 

touched by beauty

birdsong echoes

across the emptiness

staccato and shrill

uplifting and sad

just beyond the window

slowly ripples the lake

each wave graceful

each touch sublime

for a moment I pause

mid-thought,mid-step

a long drawn breath

a bruised aching heart

feeling infinitesimal

humbled by beauty

in a universe so vast

photo- a symphony outside my window, Lake Tekapo- New Zealand, Sept 2016

නුඹ ගිය පසු

Little Words

When you are gone, there is nor bloom nor leaf,
Nor singing sea at night, nor silver birds;
And I can only stare, and shape my grief
In little words.

I cannot conjure loveliness, to drown
The bitter woe that racks my cords apart.
The weary pen that sets my sorrow down
Feeds at my heart.

There is no mercy in the shifting year,
No beauty wraps me tenderly about.
I turn to little words- so you, my dear,
Can spell them out.

— Dorothy Parker

දිනමිණ, වසත් සුළඟ- 13/09/2016 

උණුහුම

හිම සුනු ඉහෙන හීනෙක 

ගං ඉවුරතක නවතිමි 

ඉපල් අතු ඉති අතරින් 

ඉහිරෙන හිරුගේ දැවටෙමි 

ලෝකය මිදී ගල් වුණු 

විරාමයකදී හිනැහෙමි 

හදවතේ ගැඹුරුම තැන 

නුඹේ උණුහුම හඳුනමි 

Photo-Roadside stream near Hanmer Springs, New Zealand- Sept 2016