Sonali Wijeratne

Sonali Wijeratne (B.A Sri Lanka M.Sc and LLB London UK). She says her first love is writing, reading, thinking, living, and working amidst nature. Her career spans Sri Lanka’s Diplomatic Service overseas and the ITC/UN in International Trade Policy and Promotion retiring as Director General of Commerce Sri Lanka.

The Birthing

A wrinkled fleshly fruit plucked out of my womb They asked me if I want to look and feel and hold Angry, I turned my head away, an emphatic no For the pain the wriggling brat had given me so