tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88796271104979801502011-10-01T01:59:14.359+05:30One might say: A POEM IS THE REFLECTION OF THE POET’S HEART! Another might say: A POEM IS AN IMAGE, OF THE POET’S MIND! I surely say: BOTH OF THE ABOVE ARE TRUE!Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.comBlogger341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-64097302632319037582011-01-03T11:43:00.000+05:302011-01-03T11:43:22.493+05:30<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The gentleman in a dull suite,<br />Walking gently down the hill…<br />Youngster passing him<br />Climbing up the hill…<br />Once they met each others’ eyes<br />The gentleman murmured,<br />“You have many miles to climb son!”<br />The youngster replied “No worries…have to climb!”</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-6409730263231903758?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-41555893359289051082011-01-03T11:42:00.002+05:302011-01-03T11:42:34.977+05:30<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You asked me to stay; I stayed…<br />You ask me to leave; I can’t …</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-4155589335928905108?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-62054528002270383222011-01-03T11:41:00.005+05:302011-01-03T11:41:59.096+05:30<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am a Sinhalese, who speaks Sinhala<br />You are a Tamil, who speaks Tamil<br />But, I always listen to you,<br />As you always listen to me…</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-6205452800227038322?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-90127604856918121222011-01-03T11:41:00.002+05:302011-01-03T11:41:26.384+05:30<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The sun looks at us with indolent eyes<br />The sweet smell from the kitchen does not spread<br />Buds have not blossomed yet<br />Birds do not sing<br />Squirrels do not come to eat<br />My mother is not well today!</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-9012760485691812122?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-85904243103323155822011-01-03T11:40:00.002+05:302011-01-03T11:40:23.117+05:30<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When I was a child, I had felt,</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">“My father knows many things…”</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When I was a high school student, I had felt,</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">“My father knows something…”</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When I was an undergraduate, I had felt,</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">“My father knows a little…”</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now, having become a father,</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I know, my father had known many things that I don’t know….</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-8590424310332315582?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-22453948457857673862011-01-03T11:33:00.000+05:302011-01-03T11:33:11.901+05:30<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">According to Newton:<br />“There is something called Gravity;<br />That’s why apples fall on to the earth!”</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Yes, we accept; but can we prove?</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />According to Einstein:<br />“There is nothing as Gravity; but there is a Circularity of<br />Time in the Space!<br />That’s why all fall on to earth, including apples!”</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />We accept him as well; but can we prove?</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />The greatest philosopher has mentioned,<br />“Nothing is permanent, only impermanence is permanent;<br />There is no one as my self and nothing as mine!”</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />So, how can Gravity exist?<br />Can we prove it?<br />Not by blind beliefs…but by realizing<br />Reality of Life!<br />But when..?</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-2245394845785767386?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-70958323780342783092011-01-03T11:31:00.002+05:302011-01-03T11:31:40.721+05:30<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One day, they told me, “You are a genius!”<br />Then I was glad to be myself…<br />Another day, they told me, “You are not up to the expected level!”<br />Then, I was sad to be my self…</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />One day, I saw a blossoming flower<br />Then, I thought “Mother Nature is constructive!”<br />Another day, I saw some victims of an earth quake<br />Then, I thought “Mother Nature is destructive!”</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />One day, they told me, “We were benefited from you!”<br />Then I felt, “Wow... They need me!”<br />Another day, they told me, “You were benefited from us!”<br />Then I felt, “Mmm…I also need them!”</span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-7095832378034278309?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-79761108748262043542011-01-03T11:29:00.000+05:302011-01-03T11:29:48.139+05:30<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A little star in the timid sky<br />Among the stars it rattled in the heart<br />Seeing in my dreams the star smiles,<br />My heart wanted her to shine my world......</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Saw many a star before<br />Nothing glittered more<br />Seeing this little star,<br />My heart wanted her to shine my world......</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />One day in the timid sky<br />Saw a star falling down<br />Seeing the star falling down,<br />Made an eternal wish -"The little star should shine my world......"</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After that,</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Waited for the little star to come to the waiting sky</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But,</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It never appeared again....!</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-7976110874826204354?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-71807206154822679252011-01-03T11:28:00.002+05:302011-01-03T11:28:21.287+05:30<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How artistic you are…?<br />Weaving the enchanting web<br />How patient you are…?<br />Paying the utmost attention</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />What a wonderful creation…?<br />The WEB…Yes…A magnificent piece of artistry<br />How dare we think,<br />It is not to exhibit; but to snare another life?</span></div><div 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line-height: 115%;">Strings are not local<br />But the tune is local<br />Bow is not local<br />But the melody is local</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-2079773538578672920?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-68777459882737446912010-12-31T16:28:00.006+05:302010-12-31T16:42:22.843+05:30<span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;">You are my mistress with respect to me<br />Although I knew that he is my friend with respect to me,<br />I never thought that he is your fiance with respect to you…<br />Now I want to know,<br />Who am I with respect to you...?</span><span style="font-family: 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QFormat="true" Name="Intense Emphasis"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Reference"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Reference"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" Name="Bibliography"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}</style> <![endif]--> <span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;">Note: Before the <b>LTTE </b>monsters’ deaths</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;">Waiting for the injured<br />Curiously and impatiently<br />Ambulances screaming in regular intervals<br />Traffic allows them to reach the hospital…</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;"><br />Many have lost parents<br />Many have lost children<br />Many have lost friends<br />Many have lost relations</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;"><br />Can a man be that much brutal?<br />Against his fellow beings<br />Can a woman be that much inhuman?<br />Against her fellow beings</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;"><br />Bombs plunder the innocent lives<br />When will the monster acts end?<br />We are waiting curiously and impatiently<br />For a smiling tomorrow without blasting</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-2925336610134192465?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-39580240356483377312008-06-17T10:32:00.000+05:302008-06-17T10:33:15.133+05:30<p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Robust they are<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Energetic they are<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Helping each other and Acting together <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">To preserve food......<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Each guided by each<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">No one meant to be alone<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Every one finds the correct path <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">And no one gets lost!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Queen is the ruler<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">She has the power;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Not to demolish the opponent<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">But to protect the colony!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Nobody has starvation<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Needs are pre-arranged<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Each works hard <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Gets a rest on rainy days......<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">No one wants to protest<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">No one points the finger<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Every one likes to follow <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">The ancestors’ clear paths......</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-3958024035648337731?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-26942287840709709982008-06-17T10:23:00.002+05:302008-06-17T10:25:51.038+05:30<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Someone says:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">“The cost of living is high!”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Because, “It is really hard and harsh to earn the bread…”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p><br />Someone says:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">“The cost of living is high!”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Because, “The price of fuel is so high…”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Someone says:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">“The cost of living is high!”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Because, “It is hard to pay the loans…”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p><br />Someone says:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">“The cost of living is high!”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Because, “It is difficult to renew the tyres of the car…”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p><br />Someone says:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">“The cost of living is high!”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Because, “It is hard to increase the shares in the stock market…”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-2694228784070970998?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-78803406387111178462008-06-17T10:22:00.001+05:302008-06-17T10:22:55.088+05:30<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p>Street is empty, dark and misty<o:p></o:p></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">No one ahead to pass<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">No one behind to follow<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Walking down the street, I am<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">A bright light paving the way<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sensing clearly where it comes from, I am<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">But, everyone does not see <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Still the light is bright and visible to everyone!</span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-7880340638711117846?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-5345134034071880392008-06-17T10:19:00.000+05:302008-06-17T10:20:32.418+05:30<span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><o:p></o:p>Fortunate eyes see<o:p></o:p></span> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">The heavenly displayed seven colours<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">In the dull skies<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Hopeful hearts wait<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Until it disappears<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Patient minds stair<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">For a longer period<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Calm hands do not<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Point-out<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Senses with solidarity and friendship<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Imply the fellow beings to see the Rainbow;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Which is not synthetic!</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"></p><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >-Tharindu Weerasinghe<br /></span><p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-534513403407188039?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-4901233343872146302008-06-17T10:17:00.001+05:302008-06-17T10:18:52.561+05:30<p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Leaves shine so bright<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Fluttering in the wind<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Thieves try to pluck the mangoes, smelling so sweet………<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">The tree is strong, clam and still<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">With full of harvest<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Anyone can taste them……...<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Hurting the tree and eating mangoes,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Throwing the rest around and showing the gratitude,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Many people are………<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Someone abuses the tree, when they miss the target…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">“Nobody eats these mangoes! They are not eatable! They stink!”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=""> </span>“Boles are too high! No one can reach them!”, they say......<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Still the leaves shine…shine so bright….<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Singing birds, white doves, even the crows, have relaxing evenings; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:85%;">On the verge of the strong boles <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Fresh breeze has promised to spread the sweet smell<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Birds have already spread the seeds wherever possible<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">The tree is strong, calm and still……..</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-490123334387214630?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-44245652855867856882008-06-17T10:15:00.000+05:302008-06-17T10:16:44.253+05:30<p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Don’t ask why I do this...<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Don’t ask me to evaluate<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">It is not wrong; it is not correct either...<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I do it for my BOSS! He is the genius!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Don’t stop me doing this...<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Don’t let me down<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">My goal is to show the finish<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I do it because he asked to do!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">No over time allowance<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">No bonus payment<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Survival is the only hope <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">To earn the bread and butter......</span></p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >-Tharindu Weerasinghe</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-4424565285586785688?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-59080969593549164042008-06-17T10:09:00.004+05:302008-06-17T10:14:05.108+05:30<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">More work-More criticisms<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Less work-Less criticisms<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">No work-No criticisms</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-5908096959354916404?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-41648808572772928362008-06-17T10:06:00.000+05:302008-06-17T10:07:18.720+05:30<p style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">No glittering jewellery<br />No rapid feet<br />Like in old hay days....<br />But,<br />the jewellery have a proud story<br />filled with pure identity....<br />Feet imply dedication... <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">He danced gracefully,<br />Not to earn money<br />But to preserve dignity<br />But he has earned some thing<br />A bundle of consolation.....</span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><p style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe<br /></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><p style="line-height: 150%; font-family: verdana;"></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-4164880857277292836?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-37041289596851938992008-01-29T14:11:00.000+05:302008-01-29T14:43:44.589+05:30<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >I see a serene garden,<br />which is filled with<br />gorgeous flowers<br />I am keen on admiring the beauty<br />But I have no time.....<br />As I have to run in the race....<br /><br />I see a singing bird<br />who sings sweetly<br />I would prefer to be relaxed and<br />listen the nice music<br />But I have no time....<br />As I have to run in the race....<br /><br />-Tharindu Weerasinghe<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-3704128959685193899?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-60942038521072535002008-01-29T14:10:00.000+05:302008-01-29T14:44:25.617+05:30<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ten hour day with no rest</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">They have money to pay</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">But no humanity to test</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A lot to sacrifice,</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">For the sake of the family...</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A lot to deliver,</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">For the sake of the future...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Until you make a little mistake..!<br /><br />-Tharindu Weerasinghe<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-6094203852107253500?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-86005730313787861092008-01-29T14:09:00.000+05:302008-01-29T14:48:10.956+05:30<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Candlelight avoids the darkness.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Now people wakeup!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Candlelight reduces the sins.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Which are done for simple things!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Try to light a single candle!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">To illuminate the whole world.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Try not to blow others' candles!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">To be the only one who lights up this place.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Candlelight avoids the darkness.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Now people can see!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Candlelight arouses feelings.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Which are tender and human!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Try to light a single candle!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">To talk to the spiritual body.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Try not to wait for others to light.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">To be the only one who is like a wind-bag...............!<br /><br />-Tharindu Weerasinghe<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-8600573031378786109?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-86362112515842853322008-01-29T14:06:00.000+05:302008-01-29T14:44:57.067+05:30<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">He is fed by mother Lanka</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He is taught by mother Lanka</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He stood on his foot because of the strength given by mother Lanka</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He graduated as a Sri Lankan</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He went for his post graduation with the help of a Sri Lankan scholarship</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">But,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He returned home not as a Sri Lankan</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He returned home not to stay, but to just visit</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Now,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He works for his second motherland</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">His brain waves are not for mother Lanka but for his second motherland........<br /><br />-Tharindu Weerasinghe<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-8636211251584285332?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-41226193572785678202008-01-29T14:04:00.000+05:302008-01-29T14:45:30.146+05:30<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">We will feel unhappy</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">We will feel sorrow</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Many of us will never show those</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">inner feelings to the world...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">We will feel happy</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">We will feel pleasure</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Still we may not show those </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">inner feelings to the world...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Somebody among us who are,</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Filled with brutality &amp; corruption </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">They also do not show those</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">inner feelings to the world...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">We all wear masks in front of the world</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It is not true, if somebody says:</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">"Face is the reflection of your heart!"</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Face is just a MASK...<br /><br />-Tharindu Weerasinghe<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-4122619357278567820?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-41172154246669931712007-09-14T11:55:00.000+05:302007-09-14T11:58:10.152+05:30<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">He spent a graceful life in the thick jungle </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">He was the Lion king who ruled the region... </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">He was graceful & smart, did nothing to harm his dignity </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">He had a son who was his whole world! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The Lion son was clever </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The Lion son grew day by day with pride &amp; vanity not with soft feelings... </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">One day, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">the Lion son thought to leave the jungle to find his independence </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">He left the region to enjoy the independence </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The Lion son did not return home for a long time... </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">One day, he returned home No one was there, at his birth place... </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Nothing was left behind except the throne, preserved by the great father!..</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-4117215424666993171?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-46032212667430657972007-09-14T11:53:00.000+05:302007-09-14T11:55:12.167+05:30<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The "BIG HAWK" flew high in the firmament </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">with a heavy load of pride on his head </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">He always thought that, the sun shines for him before it shines on earth... </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">He never glanced at others...</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">thinking,others glance at him He never sat foot on earth, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">which was his born-in-home, unless he felt hunger or he saw a prey </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Time passed..., one day... a comic incident took place, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">A Jackal was able to grab and enjoy the stinking carcass of that "big hawk", near a bush!..</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-4603221266743065797?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-79342703189562324112007-09-14T11:50:00.000+05:302007-09-14T11:52:37.199+05:30<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">When I was in my childhood, my parents told me, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> "Please be careful!" </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">When I was in my youth, my mistress told me,</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> "Please be careful!" </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">When I was in my marriage life, my wife, who was my mistress told me, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> "Please be careful!" </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">When I was in the evening of my life, my children told me, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> "Please be careful!" </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">After having met DEATH, I tell all of them, NOT the truth, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> "Please be careful! It is better there, than here...!"</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-7934270318956232411?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-37958276674031694212007-09-12T17:07:00.000+05:302007-09-12T17:38:26.525+05:30<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">One day I was proud, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Thinking that I'm a genius! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Another day I was disappointed, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Thinking that I'm a fool!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">One day I smiled, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Seeing the beauty of the world! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Another day I cried, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Seeing the harshness of it! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">One day I was so glad, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Benefited from the society! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Another day I was so angry, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Il-treated by it!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">One day I was overjoyed, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Feeling the luck! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Another I was terribly sad, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Feeling the pressure!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-3795827667403169421?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-42424467263625036962007-09-12T16:58:00.000+05:302007-09-12T17:07:26.374+05:30<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Jewelry are not glittering now<br />Like in old hay days…<br />Feet are not moving now<br />Like in old young days…<br /><br />But,<br />His jewelry has a proud story;<br />filled with true identity<br />His feet imply the dedication...<br /><br />He has danced gracefully,<br />Not to earn money but to preserve the dignity<br />Yet, he has earned something…<br />A lot of consolation, from divining scarification…<br /><br /><br />-Tharindu Weerasinghe</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-4242446726362503696?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-80743519621245659692007-09-12T16:55:00.000+05:302007-09-12T16:57:55.273+05:30<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Sun sets not with pale orange </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">But with gracefulness which it does manage </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Moon comes not with indolent eyes </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">But with romantic smiles </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Couple of doves, roosted on a bole of an alone tree </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Having a lovely evening…</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I recall how I spent the youth with my fiancé,</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">With full of Love, Affection & Mutual Understanding… </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I shut down the window & turned into our room!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Now I see the prince of my world is sleeping </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">In the comfort warmth of the bosom of his Mother </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I gain consolation of seeing the divining fiancé of mine, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Sleeping with my little prince as a sacred mother… </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-8074351962124565969?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879627110497980150.post-75775414633219179812007-09-12T16:45:00.000+05:302007-09-12T16:55:01.746+05:30<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Once, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I heard a sudden sigh of relief... </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">That is from a man who had a narrow escape! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I heard a sudden cry of pain... </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">That is from a man who had sorrow in his heart! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I heard a sudden sound of laughter... </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">That is from a man who had borrowed happiness! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I heard a sudden shout of anger... </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">That is from a man who had followed power! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Now,</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> I hear a sudden quivering of hesitation...</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> That is from heart of a person who has heard many!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">-Tharindu Weerasinghe</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8879627110497980150-7577541463321917981?l=poetryoftharindu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tharindu Weerasinghenoreply@blogger.com0