Friday, April 24, 2026

Paddy Fields For Ever

Wrote this short poem


Merry shall be the fields of Lanka

Worked once by ancient hands

Cows and buffoloes still tell stories

Their ancestors ploughed for the motherland 


A richer soil has never been worked on

To plant even richer seeds

Ancient farmers still tell stories

Though dead for centuries


In its mountains in its valleys

Once grew many valiant trees

But nothing could ever try to conquer 

The calm but majestic paddy fields 


A great king once told the people

Not a drop will flow to the sea

Without first being used to water

The motherlands green paddy fields 


Ancient Kings still shout out loudly

Louder than some want to hear

The happiest people in the world were and are

Those who work in paddy fields.

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