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Boy

June 18, 2016 Shanil

You erupt from a valley of silence. "These streets suffer dreamers,

I've grown enough to sow

my own fertile ambitions

into a different earth,

free of these preclusions,

My bones hungry for the sun

and not its rippling reflections."

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In Family, Poetry, Urban Tags Childhood, Coming of Age, Family, father, poetry, shanil samarakoon, Son
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June 5, 2016 Shanil
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"I will not be reduced to the functions of an economics unit"

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In Philosophy, Poetry, Urban Tags Economy, Materialism, Philosophy, poetry, shanil samarakoon
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Downtown

June 5, 2016 Shanil

A collision of wind and rain weaving through the air tonight. Our star fueled ambitions teasing through a neon haze.

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In Depression, Existentialism, Poetry, Urban Tags City Life, Depression, love, poetry, shanil samarakoon, Streets
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