Could not have a torch to pass through their dark
Passages and tormented path...
True there were few leaders with commitment
And did negotiate the way and ruled for a while
But eventually could not deliver as the destiny
Did not favour them.
Neighbours were inimical and indifferent
The super power too did not bother as it was no longer
The world policeman and thebtwin towers attack
Redefined the meaning of terrorism and the cause of nationalism, Tamil nationalism was lost on the way
Worshipping Buddha but fomenting hatred the majority
Dominated and frustrated the freedom struggle
It was great that many were wading through
Real impossibilities and recurrent resistances
Couldn't alter the situation but only worsened it
Oh Lord ,is there any one in the cosmos having the
Indomitable courage and conviction, and an uncompromising attitude to restore the dignity on
Tamil population there and also other minorities
Silently suffering all over the world
Hello Lord ! Are you listening?
All these unfortunate disadvantaged people tossed
and turned by hatred and vengeance
Did practice patience and perseverance and endured
All the insults, injustice and injuries of time....
But the dominant leader and faithful warriors couldn't
take things to their logical destination
It was international politics and lack of diplomatic path
Which killed all the designs, all the passion which were
Fashioned out in minutest details to
Attain the highest ideals , their home land
Apparently impossible in reality given the changed
Geo political setting and not even visible in the
Near or distant future.
Like a charming girl degenerating into sick and ailing lady
All the youthful dreams for home land faded and vanished
into thin air once and for all.
That dreamland is now barren sick with dead bodies
And souls ,hovering over there
Like abandoned land like any other war torn zone
When the globalised and globalising world cannot take
Cognizance of the marginalized and fully deprived
What is the use of talking interconnectedness,
Computer driven networked information flow and nonsense
Where is the conscience of global community and institutions
This was written long ago when the freedom struggle failed in the Tamil segments of Sri Lanka
That country is experiencing the worst economic and political crisis proving the adage one who sows will reap..
(From my academic debris).
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