Tag: Dhanuka Dickwella
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Inside Taverns
Seated on low chairs in dirty taverns, men dream of lost childhoods, unearned titles, and palaces—only to wake to the same broken world. A haunting meditation on escape, illusion, and the price of cheap dreams.
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“The Trees Are Speaking—Are You Listening?”
From the mycorrhizal “Wood Wide Web” to the sacred Bodhi tree, this essay explores how trees communicate, not with words, but with roots, reciprocity, and quiet devotion. Are we listening?
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A Sri Lankan Paraya Dog in Montreal ( Part 2)
From Leyland buses to fenced dog parks: a Sri Lankan Paraya dog navigates Montreal’s kindness—and its quiet cages. A modern fable on freedom, family, and the price of safety
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The Living Cemetery: Why Airports Are the Saddest Places on Earth
Airports are theaters of cruelty, forcing brutal goodbyes at the security line. They are living cemeteries where grief is suspended, yet the emotional cost of connection is physically apparent.
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Butterfly Mom
Pretty, pure, and cruel: the butterfly leaves her babies to die. A raw poem asking why innocence so often hides indifference, and who protects the helpless in an unkind world.