Land to the Tiller
POETRY FORMAT, 10 Dec 2012
Udaya R. Tennakoon – TRANSCEND Media Service
Cracked and clef soil of tolerated native mother
Beaten halo, attacked by the sun
Being friend and enemy to the end
Monsoon rain drops cried tears
Beyond of measure of sufferings keep in heart
Obeying to nature of god the body always brooks
Courageous mind and crooked back life domesticates
Keeping the dream of the beauty and smell of rose
Barren soil turning into fertile
Making dug well wetted over the land
Reaping seeds beget color of green
Mother of native attests through the centuries in time
By the history, for the people
Hostage curse is inherited
By the heart, for own future
To struggle of unjust is unavoidable
Righteous reality locking by suppression
Release of violence guides the admission
Ceaseless hope of legacy with permission
Though dark, for light dawn of full moon
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Udaya R. Tennakoon – Poet/ Diaspora Writer, Peace and Human Rights Activist. Student at the World Peace Academy, University of Basel, Switzerland.
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