To the President with love
Posted on December 9th, 2010
Ranjith Soysa
You regained the country chasing the Tigers.
Signalled to the world that Sri Lanka is strong and healthy,
Remember the Brits, the Vikings, the Blakes who hissed like vipers,
nurtured terror, provided succour to fronts venomous and wealthy
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LankaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s friends were in the East
In Latin America and the Middle East
They rallied round and sent a message to the World.
That Sri Lanka can march along head high and bold.
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But, we were stunned when you chose Oxford
To convey the vision of new Lanka to the world
In little England, plagued by flu of past empty glory
plunderer of Lanka and now an abandoned quarry.
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Bejing, Delhi , Moscow,Teheran, Caracas or Islamabad
Where millions live and create a new order of visionƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ bold.
Should have been your choice and not a country feeble andƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ old.
As it can never change like charcoal remaining black washed even with liquid gold.
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Identify intelligently the new and bold forces
Shun the wasted green eyed faces
Strengthen the fellow travellers to liberation
Refuse to tread the beaten track for hollow jubilation.
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Nether to provoke nor to dread
But to win-win by rejecting dead wood
Is the aim of Mahinda Chintanaya to prove
This is my ode to President with love.
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December 13th, 2010 at 6:25 am
No Minister should attend the British High Commission functions.
December 14th, 2010 at 5:17 am
Very good advice Ranjit. I hope it is received in the proper spirit. Britain is a wasteland full of deadwood.