A WORLD WITHOUT ENGINEERS

Engulfed with the darkness of the night

Even when there sun shines

Candles melting- Flames trembling

Patients on beds; gasping and dying

No skyscrapers to reach the heaven

No bridges to stand over the rivers

Floating carriages, not at all

Lingering carts; going for balls

Carrier Pigeons carrying love letters

Oh! Imagine what if delivered wrong?

All the magic in the world

Going vanishing by midnight at all.

Written by:

Nipuni Anuththara Herath

Faculty of Engineering

University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Artist:

Achini Fonseka

Faculty of Engineering

University of Moratuwa

A TRAINING PERIOD EXPERIENCE

It was around eleven O' clock in the night, I hadn’t taken my dinner.

I couldn’t leave, work hadn’t been finished yet

I blamed myself, everyone coming to my mind.

A rain started to fall, Oh! Great, another surprise

I wore my raincoat; I was sweating like hell inside it

Three laborers were working still

I knew they were hungry as me, surely more than me

But I didn’t see any sorrow, but their happy faces,

You can only see in the Miami Beach or at a DJ party?

I heard their voices,

They were telling some funny stories, while working in the heavy rain

They were enjoying their job?

I was curious and asked from one,

“How come you are so happy?”

“Life is a nasty place, nobody knows what is going to happen next,

Best way to live is, living without complaining”

He replied.

  

Piyankara Ganegoda

Civil Engineering

General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University