lashane cooray : Writing

Nostalgia

Nostalgia

A Poem by lashane cooray


Nostalgia If I was a proud man, A man of my word, My truth will be this, For all to hear; Gone are the days, of selfless giving Gone are the..
To the Man

To the Man

A Story by lashane cooray


I have a mother and a father. I love them both. I respect them. The relationship between them and I is often simple, and very occasionally, complex. I..
My truth

My truth

A Story by lashane cooray


I was moved into writing this after watching the film ’12 years a slave’, a beautiful rendition of the life of Solomon Northup, who was ..
Unsung Beauty

Unsung Beauty

A Poem by lashane cooray


Careworn jeans And seldom sported frocks, Provided the façade for a girl Gentle of demeanour, Yet serious of thought. With f..
The Human Condition

The Human Condition

A Poem by lashane cooray


Allow me to impress upon you, The true beauty of living with honour, Of dying for your fellow man, Of living free, with the object of your a..
Reason and Despair

Reason and Despair

A Poem by lashane cooray


She looked; Warm, gentle to a fault, my man Thomas was, Twice denied the bliss, of a young’un’s euphonious lark. Was I accoun..
Gabriel lies not

Gabriel lies not

A Poem by lashane cooray


'not yet girl, but soon,' he promised,answering questions, never intoned,by a child, a thing of beauty,a creature blessed, a life weighed down.she wai..
The Lonely Man

The Lonely Man

A Poem by lashane cooray


For Jesus with Love
A Beautiful Death

A Beautiful Death

A Poem by lashane cooray


A clash of steel on steel, The flight of an arrow, barbed with death, A cry of a man, as broadsword pierces flesh, All the glorious dram..
Duty Calls

Duty Calls

A Poem by lashane cooray


A field of carnage, of death galore, Sore upon mine waking eyes, As I watch, and await, an eternity it seems, For the call to arms, to nu..

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