The Fire

That is too hot to handle and too cruel to ignore

by Victor Ragunathan, February 18, 2009

Souls do not disintegrate and die;

Years pass and yet they do not fade away.

Memories are like a distant star

Pouring forth its light across the void

All our tears and laughter do not lie;

Though we pass like dreams, our spirits stay,

Held fast by love, which is just what we are,

Yet in a form that cannot be destroyed.

-- R.J. Rummel in “War and Democide, never again”

The Fire,

British Commissioners Soulbury and Donoghmore* have ignited

Buried the Souls of the Eelam people

The fire that has been burning over a half a century

They first called it arson, and riots

It is the fire that the United Kingdom created in the name of a new constitution

They then called it 'Ethnic Tension'

It is the fire that the Kingdom of Hell has created that is Engulfing the island

It is now called GENOCIDE

It is now too hot to handle and too cruel to ignore

They have created the Frankenstein(s) in the name of a Sovereign state

It has violated every Human value on earth

They have aided this Monster in the name of a fight against terror

It has twisted every rule of engagement

They have nurtured this Beast in the name of a 'friendly country'

It has violated every law of occupation

They have created a Devil in the name of protecting 'Democracy' and 'Sovereignty'

Now it is them, the Devil’s advocates

Was it a sin that we learned the colonial language more than the others that

We are now a stateless people?

Was it a sin that we abided by the rules of the commissions so that

We lost our right to self-determination?

Was it a sin that we educated our sons and daughters so that

We lost the right to live?

Was it a sin that we supported Her Majesty’s constitution so that

We lost the right to have our homeland?

We are more united than ever before that

We should not let the fire engulf us

 We are more determined than ever before that

We will fight for what is rightfully ours

We are more powerful than ever before that

We will regain our statehood

We had enough Subjugation that

We will not bow down for any more threats

RESTORE THE RIGHT TO LIVE,

RESTORE THE TAMIL HOMELAND

AND

LET THE JUSTICE PREVAIL

“They die for the crying, when we all cry for the dying”- Meena Kandasamy

To the memories of Most Honorable Sivaprakasam, Muthukumar, Ravi, Ravichandran, Murugathasan and Rajah for their most courageous and selfless act

* British Commissioners who were in charge of the initial Sri Lankan constitution.