First Snow

Snow rustles to the ground

pristine white flakes of dandruff

Trees: stone stalagmites threatening

any visitors from the sky

Steel sleet hits the window

like the static sputter of clothes

The glass smears with

a flare of mist, and fades...

and smears again

It's already time for regrets.

- Copyright © Sandaruwan Madduma Bandara

Written for poetry seminar

Franklin & Marshall College, 1994

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About Sanda

Sandaruwan Madduma Bandara is the CEO of 3CS (www.3cs.lk), Sri Lanka's Premier web design company. He has a range of interests including creative writing, photography, art and travel. He is also a voracious reader.