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by Hemal Jayasuriya

Dr Hemal Jayasuriya never ceases to be amazed at the strangeness and fascination of our world, and finds in it a subject for endless speculation. He is a published poet and is acknowledged in the International Who’s Who in Poetry. He obtained a PhD from Trinity College, University of Cambridge. Hemal also obtained a MA in Systems in Management, Lancaster University and a MSc in Computer Science from Heriot-Watt University. Prior to that, Hemal obtained a BSc Honours in Biophysics from Flinders University, Australia. He is a Life Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society and a member of the Aristotelian Society. His articles are published in international scientific journals. His poems are published in academic journals and books. Hemal is inspired by the material and immaterial in the world which shapes his poetry. He is fascinated by cosmology and scientific phenomena in the world.
POEM

Marching  To  Music

Moments flow uplifting the Self ;
Time, unfelt, is cast aside
To its own devices :
An  unknown quantity.
Vibrations percolate through fleshy
Living networks; Turn Sound Electric,
Meandering rattling through
The hidden Being, stirring the I  : 
Me, to a State of sheer Joy ;
Whys  and  Wherefores
Remain a mystery at the  Centre
Of the lively River throbbing in continuous
Motion to a destination unknown.
Sound from Out merges In
With the innards, outing
A harmonious Whole :  One

A Poem composed after hearing the. RADETZKY  MARCH.
https://youtu.be/l-XiX24Em8U?si=Ap6xbtDjw6Hrtcap