The Sea is always in front of me and my Heart steadily grows weary.
Vithanage is nowhere to be found.
I often sit silently just watching the horizon wishing and hoping.
Just a mirage of Vithanage would have been enough to revive my dying soul,
My soul is dying, my body feels nothing.

I left my heart at sea with Vithanage and now it is lost forever,
The big wave that came, washed away my love with my heart in its fold,
The Sea, I will never forgive her,
I was happy with my Vithanage
but she couldn’t bear to see the happiness in my face,
She took away all that was mine, my love, my life, my land.

All I see is water in front of me but my love’s nowhere in sight,
I am waiting for the next big wave,
When it comes, I shall throw myself into her arms and join my Vithanage,
Then, we will be one and the Sea cannot separate us,
My heart belongs to Vithanage and only there shall I find my rest.



*(In memory of the Tsunami that hit Sri Lanka)