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Landlords all
How serenely
they here lie
So little a space they occupy
For some it's more than they had in life
Quite content and satisfied
Those that had sprawling estates
Rest, confined to a limited space
Those sunk in voluptuous riches
Repose now in watery ditches
They lie in the greatest bliss
That in life hadn't even an inch.
- Victor Peries
Thrush
A speckled thrush with saucy eyes
That reflected crescent-moon shaped light,
Belonging by instinct to the meandering web of life,
Made its nest among the thorns
Deep in the heart of the hedgerow.
Downy bedding drowned the cries,
Of instant offspring, clamouring for a prize.
All spring she toiled,
Scouring for berries and obese grub,
And knew no rest,
Till they left the nest.
The brown blur of her bustling body,
Ceased to dot the air this summer
I guess she must have flown
To whomever such birds belong to in their final hour.
- Shivanthi Balasuriya
Never to be
shared
What
would you do if you see me
With another girl this way?
You asked me while holding me close...
I can share my laughter, I can share my joy
Even my clothes or my gold jewellery...
I can share my very own E-mail account
My best friend, even my private diary
I can share anything, almost everything on earth
But you belong totally to me.
- Anuradha Nadeeshani Ekanayake
Belonging
Have
you seen this God?
Interwoven
As joy
In your daily life.
As love
Of a father
Toiling, sweating
Catering to every need
Of the family.
As a mother
Giving up her all
To serve her own
At home.
Have you seen Him?
Vibrant
In the golden glory
Of the morning sunlight -
Sitting on fragrant gardenias?
Oh have you met this
Lord of Lords
Intertwined
In your daily life?
Glorious, gorgeous, sizzling,
Within you.
Belonging so closely
To you.
- Priscilla Pereira
Still
alien
It was the age-old tale of loneliness.
A quest for love and tenderness,
In a cold distant land;
A foreign student yearning for a friend.
He found her - an orphan,
Growing up with cousins
And condescending aunts.
Affinity and affection
Bonded them...
Fully qualified, the young surgeon
Took her home,
To meet the Family.
Engulfed by relatives and patients,
The surgeon overcame his fear...
Saved his marriage and career.
Yet she remained aloof;
A stranger among his people.
She might bear a dozen sons,
But be an alien still...
- Jegatheeswari Nagendran
Us
No one
ever knew
Of this impossible symbiosis
Between you and me
How often have I thought
That you are more myself
Than I am.
Isn't it miraculous?
No! I guess not...
For it's the way you feel
Once you belong
To someone else
Then 'He' mirrors the perfected 'you'
And the division between
'You' and the 'other'
Vanishes into thin air,
And are merged together
And is replaced by oneness - us.
- Kavindi Abeysekera
Sex,
dirt, diet and other myths
There are many myths associated with acne and three of the
most common are: 1) acne is caused by dirt, so frequent cleansing
will prevent or cure it; 2) sexual activity causes acne or makes
it worse; and 3) eating the wrong foods causes acne. None of these
are true.
Acne is not
caused by dirt. You can have the cleanest skin in the world and
still develop acne. Washing the face too often (especially with
harsh, medicated, or abrasive cleansers) may make acne worse.
There is no
relationship between acne and sexual activity. However, male sex
hormones must circulate in the body for acne to occur, since androgenic
hormones stimulate the sebaceous glands.
Diet does not
have any significant effect on acne. There is no evidence that foods
such as chocolate, potato chips, or other greasy foods and dairy
products cause or aggravate acne. For example, eating greasy foods
does not affect the skin's oiliness (which is due to the oil secreted
by the skin's sebaceous glands).
The only foods
that dermatologists may recommend acne patients avoid are foods
with a high iodine content, such as shellfish, because excessive
amounts of iodine may cause flare-ups of existing acne.
However, iodine
should not be avoided altogether or a goitre may develop. Dermatologists
simply recommend that acne patients have a well-balanced diet. However,
if your acne gets worse when you eat a specific food, it is best
to avoid that food.
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