Samantha Sirimanne Hyde

after the bomb
I stumble through rubble —
this tunnel vision
shows someone stealing
a dead man’s wallet

  • Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1987

grandma’s shrine
I sort blooms on trays
learning
the brief nature
of all things’ existence

  • Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, 1970

nightfall
at Toowoon Bay Beach
shimmering
on sequined wavelets
the moon’s impression

skywriting
across the cerulean sky
just a ”Hello!”…
I dream up love stories
and tales of lost and found