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    Fallen Leaves
    Fallen Leaves
    Fallen Leaves
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    Fallen Leaves

    By Shirani Rajapakse

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    She tried to recall the

    day he walked out, the day she

    last saw him and the exact moment

    she heard his voice on the phone assuring her

    all was well. And then

    no more.

    What happened? What went wrong?

    She would never know. There was no

    one left to respond, and those that were there

    didn't dare speak up as the reasons for

    what took place didn't make sense

    so they kept quiet and hoped in time

    she would understand.

    Conflict raged in the tiny island nation of Sri Lanka for close to three decades. People from all walks of life, ethnic, religious and age groups suffered. The Tamil terrorists disrupted life and property all over the country for three decades, while for a few years in the late 1980s a Marxist guerilla group caused chaos, but this was soon wiped out. The Tamil terrorists however took much longer. These poems are a reflection of the time. They take on voices of people from across the divide and speak of the incredible loss the people all suffered.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherShirani Rajapakse
    Release dateNov 29, 2019
    ISBN9789553828576
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