{"id":119120,"date":"2021-10-12T16:33:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T23:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=119120"},"modified":"2021-10-12T16:33:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T23:33:16","slug":"tribute-to-sirima-nicole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/10\/12\/tribute-to-sirima-nicole\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to Sirima Nicole"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-HqgtFloTSrU\/YWYA2LXbM6I\/AAAAAAAAG1U\/JFabahJL_SgjuQFib1Q2DuTbZgynSLjPACLcBGAsYHQ\/s300\/sirima.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sirima Nicole, I hear your voice with an awesome melody<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You speak to my heart, directly with a sparkling charm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am stunned; seeing your beauty and your magical voice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your songs narrate vivid stories about life and love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Often, I listen to your&nbsp;<em>part of me\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;and found all of\nyou<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inevitably you have become a part of me now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wish I knew you, at the time you performed&nbsp;in&nbsp;Paris metro<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You were singing while playing your guitar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You captured their hearts with your melody<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You knew you were\nbecoming a star performer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You had aspirations\nand plans for your career<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The beautiful dream was turned into a nightmare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything was cut\nshort by a jealous man<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was terrible and\nhard to imagine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why did he take your\nlife with vicious hate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He killed a woman\nwith an extraordinary talent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he could not\ndestroy your legacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You became immortal\nwith your songs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I look into your\nlife and wonder sometimes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you ever find\nlove and comfort?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you constantly\nlive in pain and agony?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a way, it is very\nsad&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your songs bring\ncomfort and harmony<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But you missed life\u2019s\ncongruence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although you found the rhyme, you could not find true love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The love you found was an illusion and it consumed you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You left us so early with many unfinished songs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is hard to imagine that you had gone forever<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I refuse to believe that you are dead<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes I think you are still alive somewhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps in this very moment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are singing happily in a parallel universe&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Sirima Nicole, I hear your voice with an awesome melody You speak to my heart, directly with a sparkling charm I am stunned; seeing your beauty and your magical voice Your songs narrate vivid stories about life and love Often, I listen to your&nbsp;part of me\u201d&nbsp;and found all of you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-ruwan-m-jayatunge-m-d"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}