Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Familiar

You hear voice,
Familiar
Turn back to
Confirm
Smile but then
Remember
You were asked to
Forget
So you turn back to pouring
Raindrops
Walk down memory
Lane
Make a silent wish that the
Present
Could be more like the
Past

Saturday, April 19, 2014

ආදරය යනු

ආදරය යනු
දුකත් සතුටත් අතර
නැතිවුන
හැගීමක් වුවද
එය සොයාගෙන යන්නේ
එක්කෙනෙක් හෝ දෙදෙනෙක් හෝ නොවේ
ජීවිතය යන
කතා පුවතේ
එක් පිටුවක හෝ
ජීවත් වූ කෙනෙකුද
ආදරය සොයා යන්නකු බවට
පත් වන්නේ
ආදරයේ දුකට වඩා
සතුටට ඇති
ආශාව නිසාය

Sunday, April 13, 2014

For a lonely night

Soft whispers of the now forgotten evening
Orange skies dying along with the setting sun
You took my hand in yours and said those words
The words that flew away with the wind before reaching my ears

I asked you to repeat what you just said
But you smiled that mischievous smile of yours and shook your head
Let those words reach you on a lonely night, you said
A night when we are no longer in each other's thoughts

During that time belonging to a now distant past
I didn't think a day when you aren't by my side would exist
And so I forgot to look for those words lost in the winds
Said for a lonely night like this

Now I hear your laugh and I know it is for someone else
I hear your voice and I know it isn't meant for me
And even though I know those words will never change the way things are
On lonely nights such as today, I look for your voice in the howling winds

And sometimes I think I hear a faint whisper
Sometimes I think I'm finally hearing what you said so long ago
But then I realize that it isn't your voice
But my lonely mind that is whispering that tomorrow, I will miss you less

And even in the game of missing people and forgetting people
At some point I have to take a break or quit the game
And soon, you, your words, your existence will be stored
In the place of my mind where the dust keeps gathering, undisturbed