Tear-drop shaped

Exotic to the world 
This tear-drop shaped island of ours 
Did we really think we could 
Escape the fate that defines us? 
Tear-drop shaped. Oh how exquisite. 

For the dark skinned, stripped 
Of their rights by a grenade
A tear drop.

For the sacrificed ones, stripped
Of their glory by a false smile
A tear drop.

For the slum dwellers, stripped
Of hope by a greed so destructive
A tear drop.

For the survivors, stripped 
Of their future by a fraud
A tear drop.

For the unborn child, stripped
Of its life by a limitless lie 
A tear drop.


Christina De Silva 
27 January 2010