The Art and the Pain

In the moonlight
A cigarette fire fly
Beneath ashes 
Life is born and die

A sigh of wind
Blows through the nose holes
Love and hate
Possess in the heart

About the moon
Poems are written
Art of the night
Hidden cry paints

Udaya R. Tennakoon
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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