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Nimal Mendis's wife - The late Ranjani Mendis

Nimal Mendis' wife Ranjani Mendis was a poet. She had an extraordinary knack with words that matched her husbands choice of lyrics and ideas.

Nimal Mendis's wife Ranjani Mendis died on the 18th of October 2010. She was the 'live wire' behind the scenes in the progress of Nimal Mendis' musical career. She was also a poet whose poems were published in a magazine in London. Some of the poetry she wrote had a deep commitment to SOCIAL ISSUES, especially about the country she originally came from, Sri Lanka. Copied below is a poem that will show the way she felt.

CHILD OF WAR

They stand

on piles of bombed out rock

bewilderment and shock

soft minds

scarred by blasts of barrel bombs

and shells

they pick at rubble

listlessly to heap and mend

doomed frontiers

stretch so bleak and bare

scorched palms

yellow grass everywhere

they crawl on fours

like rats that search for grime

with eyes upswept

to dart to rubble mine

child of war

child without light

struggle on

struggle on

high above

your wishing star

shines beyond

Ranjani Mendis

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Paul-Marie Mendis
e-mail: songsign29@yahoo.co.uk

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