Rebels

January 25, 2020

 

Lawanya Wijesekara 
A flower’s life on earth
is shortened,
as it’s plucked
from the ground it’s born
Yet its death is celebrated
in a glass coffin of a vase…
Death becomes melodramatic
A sight, news, a story to tell
A movie to be  made
A celebration, a parable
than the life that is lived..
And they live, like the flowers
in glass vases
celebrating death,
long after they’ve 

 

Lawanya Wijesekara

Lawanya Wijesekara is a Sri Lankan medical doctor by profession, specialised in Transfusion Medicine. Her work is inspired by the Buddhist philosophy, the plethora of human emotions, socio-political dynamics of the world, civil war, world travel and the subtleties that she comes across in life. She writes,'Poetry is my comfort food, safe place, my refuge, spiritual expedition and my mirror in many ways. It is my little jewel that I hold close to my heart, amidst the chaos of my life journey and the daily ordeals in a developing nation.'

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