{"id":5093,"date":"2026-04-19T13:09:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=5093"},"modified":"2026-04-19T13:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:39:30","slug":"who-ruined-venus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=5093","title":{"rendered":"Who Ruined Venus?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>She was the sea;<br>the very force of life<br>that spoke in waves and winds.<br>I was the star<br>of light, of life;<br>one in the million in the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/22cd6709313d11ee97be665ed5a7b875_upscaled-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/22cd6709313d11ee97be665ed5a7b875_upscaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/22cd6709313d11ee97be665ed5a7b875_upscaled-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/22cd6709313d11ee97be665ed5a7b875_upscaled-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/22cd6709313d11ee97be665ed5a7b875_upscaled-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>When I was on fire,<br>it was she who was scarred,<br>and you were the lamp,<br>the spark that spoke too harsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>When she was the wounded,<br>it was I who ached,<br>and when my bones were broken<br>it was she who felt it,<br>she cried in pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/forest-girl-soul-dead-memories-wallpaper-preview.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/forest-girl-soul-dead-memories-wallpaper-preview.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/forest-girl-soul-dead-memories-wallpaper-preview-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>It was the blade you held<br>that tasted her blood,<br>just as the dust by your feet<br>embraced mine.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/conceptual-scene-with-people-sky-surrounded-by-clouds-with-dreamy-feeling_23-2151431913.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/conceptual-scene-with-people-sky-surrounded-by-clouds-with-dreamy-feeling_23-2151431913.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/conceptual-scene-with-people-sky-surrounded-by-clouds-with-dreamy-feeling_23-2151431913-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>So when the battlements and taken down,<br>when I am fallen, broken, and torn apart,<br>do not ask for names.<br>I pray, do not ask,<br>do not seek to avenge my ruins.<br>For I am her, and she is me.<br>When you ruined her,<br>It was you who ruined me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She was the sea;the very force of lifethat spoke in waves and winds.I was the starof light, of life;one in the million in the sky. 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