Enchantress Lanka Read online

  You’ll receive what you willingly attract

  It’s time, every end is also a new start

  This is your opportunity to prove you’re smart

  Aim for the bull’s-eye when you throw your dart

  You hold the reins, don’t let them pull your cart

  It’s time, I can sense change in the air

  Your chance will come, use it fair and square

  Struggle on, even if you’re a little worse for wear

  It’s an endless circle, there’s hope everywhere

  It’s time, the wheel of fortune turns

  Shine brighter, feed the flame that burns

  Listen to your heart as it dreams and yearns

  Keep your mind alert as it longs and learns

  It’s time, carpe diem, seize the day

  You’ll pull through in the end, come what may

  Walk on with courage, and find your own way

  Let the wind of change blow and carry you away

  It’s time, things will never be the same

  Play your hand, don’t give up on winning the game

  Leave behind all the sorrow, guilt, fear and shame

  This is your destiny to tame and your life to claim

  LION’S LAND

  Mighty roars and grand gestures

  They count in this lion’s land

  The power of a few that you can’t sue

  Strict hierarchies and a prideful pride

  Of elitists and larger-than-life families

  Harsh decisions and indigenous remedies

  A Lion’s Rock and roaming elephants

  They symbolize this lion’s land

  A country of beauty yet not bounty

  Verdant forests, crashing waves, a peacock call

  Sand underfoot, an ancient temple, a waterfall

  Where predators lurk and loom, ever vigilant

  A multi-coloured flag, a sword clutched in paws

  They incite the people of this lion’s land

  Where wild beasts roam in human form

  Regal ruins, religious grandeur, blunt claws

  The mighty king of the animals has retired from the war

  Until such time as a striped hunter strikes once more

  *The title alludes to the fact that the word “sinha” in Sinhalese means “lion”.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Almost as soon as Devika Fernando could write, she imagined stories and poems. After finishing her education in Germany and returning to her roots in Sri Lanka, she got a chance to turn her passion into her profession. Having lived in Germany and in Sri Lanka with her husband has made her experience the best (and the worst) of two totally different worlds - something that influences her writing. Her trademark is writing romance novels, but poetry was her first love. She draws inspiration from everyone and everything in life. While this is her first anthology of poems, she has already self-published more than ten books, some of which have become Amazon bestsellers. One of her romance novels, titled Saved in Sri Lanka, is set in this controversial island paradise.

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