Nimal Mendis's wife - The late Ranjani Mendis
Paul-Marie Mendis | 04.02.2014 06:39 | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | Terror War | World
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
© Mediaeye music
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
© Mediaeye music
Paul-Marie Mendis
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