Woman (1)
We see the beautiful face
And the generous bosoms
We see the long lithe stems
And the curved rear
We see the slender black tresses
And the ruby lip gloss
We see the rounded hips
And the puppy tummy fat
We see every minor detail of form
Of a graceful gender
Except her heart’s grace
Woman (2)
Every woman
Stares at her body on the face of a mirror
And sees a muse in perfect symmetry
In the paradox of an inescapable inequality
Trapped to the luster of her skin
As the perennial mannequin
Yet bearing a lopsided biology
As the Madonna of fecundity
Published by Curiosity-driven life (Dilantha Gunawardana)
Dr Dilantha Gunawardana graduated from the University of Melbourne, as a molecular biologist, and moonlights as a poet. He currently serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Botany, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Dilantha lives in a chimeric universe of science and poetry. Dilantha’s poems have been accepted for publication /published in HeartWood Literary Magazine, Canary Literary Magazine, Boston Accent, Forage, Kitaab, Eastlit, American Journal of Poetry, Zingara Poetry Review, The Wagon and Ravens Perch, among others. Dilantha too has two anthologies of poetry, 'Kite Dreams' (2016) and 'Driftwood' (2017), both brought to the readership by Sarasavi Publishers, and is working on his third poetry collection (The Many Constellations of Home). Dilantha’s pet areas of teaching and research, include, Nitrogen Fixation, RNA biology, Phytoremediation, Agricultural Biology, and Bioethics & Biosafety.
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