To Hell or Heaven
It is said
That when
A Sri-Lankan
Plans to go abroad
He becomes secretive
And almost paranoid
Does not tell anybody
Of his intentions
Lest somebody pulls a string
Under the carpet
To stop
His endeavour
But
Once he is abroad
And found
A filthy dwelling
For habitation
He is in all but praise
Of the new found
Hell sans freedom
Wants all his fellow beings
Left behind
To come, join him
In misery
And share his chores and concerns
I am told
This is so
In the Middle East
Or else as
A refuge
In the West
But,
What is significant?
And the most compelling fact
Is that
When one goes to hell
He makes sure
All his fellow beings
Are pulled out there from here
Like a magnetic attraction
To share the misery
But,
By chance
If he found
A decent and healthy place
As a habitat
He writes home
In shame and disregard
Of the place adopted
Lest he has
To share
The wealth and happiness
Of the New Found Land
This is not
In anyway
A warning for anybody
Who wishes to go out
And explore
The Sri-Lankan
Who wish for divine intervention?
All the time,
End up in hell instead
But,
When one goes to heaven
They go there all alone
Simply because
Increasing the numbers there
Would be antagonistic
To the Zero Growth Principle
Propounded by me
Here and now
The propensity
Adopted by,
The Sri-Lankans
Who are already there
Established in position and fame
Is truly different in magnitude
But,
Buddhist anthology and tradition,
Is the “Kalyana Mitta”,
The true friend who helps
The upward bound
Of beings
To high heaven
Come what it may
Now and always
Sans boundaries,
Of colour, caste, creed or class
Sadly.
It is known for its absence
In the modern world
Of material gain
Is it asking too much?
To go for zero growth
In activity, mobility and expansion
To save our mother nature
Using the eye of wisdom
To see and vision,
The guiding principle
Is “Small is beautiful”
“Less is more”
In Nature
To know this
The man doesn’t
Need a brain as big as
The nature has endowed
Upon him
To apply
The simple principle
Of cohabitation with
Mother nature
The mother of all
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