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Leaving Home

Indunil Madhusankha Hewage

I am waiting by the roadside
with my mother
until a Colombo-bus arrives
Every second passing,
I am battling against my eyes
holding the tears tight
like a great sturdy wall
combatting a tidal wave
I see a bus travelling this way,
still some distance away
At last, I can sigh after a while
With a false smile,
most arduously thrown,
I wave at my mother
and get into the bus
in search of a seat in a corner
Now I get seated there
and I can’t help myself
uneasily peeking at those
in the vicinity
almost like a thief
That is just to check whether
I can explode
with no disruption
Now I grab the handkerchief
from the pocket and
secretly start bursting like a bomb
that has got its turn after
a series of tickling “tick-tick”s
The silent cries becoming acute as
I see the familiar images swiftly
disappearing through the windows
with the bus running hurriedly
towards Colombo...

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