by Victor Karunairajan
[September 24, Toronto, Sri Lanka Guardian]
A land blest with four great religions
Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity
And the Islamic faith of the Moslems
What great spiritual roots they are?
Yet a nation ensnared in aggression
Too long, too fierce and too deadly.
Do we have no end to these hostilities?
Do we not desire peace and harmony?
Do we have no heart for our children,
To bestow on them a legacy of accord,
Among their fellow folks and citizens
Irrelevant what racial origin they are?
What great lessons our faith did teach?
What great values they imparted on us?
What great traditions we valued much?
What kind of visions we have treasured?
Have our nation gone bad and bankrupt?
Have our much loved folks no hope at all?
Wake up Sri Lanka! Wake up Government
Wake up politicos and terror factions too
You’ve done the worst and harmed us all
Blinded of visions, crooked and corrupt.
Our right to live in peace is just and sacred
No people or state should ever maltreat it.
ENDS: - Sri Lanka Guardian
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