Showing posts with label Poem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poem. Show all posts

Sunday, 9 January 2022

Tiny Girl

 Tiny girl plucked out wild flowers, grasses, leaves and wild fruits in her front yard

She visited her mom's kitchen looking for a box of matches, she found it

Her friends had prepared three stones of similar sizes and dry branches

The three stones they set as triangle on the ground

The dry branches they pushed in between the stones

They had the stove ready

Tiny girl and her friends searched through a pile of junks for flat iron or aluminum preferably circle

They needed a wok

"I found it!", exclaimed the tiny girl

Their tiny kitchen was almost ready

Delicious meals made of wild flowers, grasses, leaves and wild fruits they had in mind

"Yummy," the tiny girl thought  

Little Boy

Little boy ran after his playmate's kite

Bare feet, dirty feet, ran across the soccer field

Little boy fell, he kissed the hot pavement

Nose bled, scratches, bruises, painless, tearless

Little boy kept on running

Little boy caught the kite

He was the champion

He ruled the world

He felt like it at least

Little boy walked home with the kite on his back

He reached home, put the kite on a pile of other kites

Big smile on his face

Life felt good

Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Dunia Kecilku

Selebar satu setengah jengkal kaki
Sepanjang dua setengah jengkal kaki
Tembok hijau muda penuh coretan kreasi kapur warna
Karpet beda motif saling tumpuk menjadi alas
Rak sepatu korban malfunction
Kotak-kotak beda ukuran beda bahan jadi teman
Bean bag kuning itu tahta

Ini bukan tempat terindah
Ini bukan tempat ternyaman
Ini tempat yang dicibir

Tapi ini dunia kecilku
Aku suka disini

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Step by Step

22nd October 2014

They're so young
They're so fragile
They're passionate about tomorrow
They laugh a lot over a friend's joke
They go out beyond midnight
They have breakfast at 1.16 AM
They give birthday surprise to their loved ones
They cook for their loved ones
They take selfies
They take groupies
They dont wear jacket at night
They go to movies
They talk about food
They share food with one another
They have too much energy
They easily get starve
They eat a lot
They hate doing sport
They are 

Friday, 22 August 2014

Mereka

Mereka hanya bocah
Mereka hanya pencinta lumpur dan debu
Mereka suka berlari
Mereka gemar bermain
Mereka suka terik matahari
Mereka berkulit gelap karenanya
Mereka tak mengeluh saat sepiring nasi minyak disodorkan
Mereka tertawa lepas
Mereka suka lagu itu, Lula Lula
Mereka suka hadiah
Mereka tegar
Mereka tetap tinggal
Mereka tetap sekolah
Mereka hanya bisa menerima
Mereka hanya bisa mengiyakan
Mereka hanya bisa ikut
Mereka tak punya kuasa
Mereka tak terdengar
Mereka sakit
Mereka sedih
Mereka terluka
Mereka terpukul dan lupa
Mereka diteriaki dan kembali
Mereka memar dan pulang
Mereka kotor dan senang
Mereka terjebak dan tak bisa keluar
Mereka sebaiknya pulang
Mereka seharusnya pulang

Dedicated to my beloved kids in Noelbaki refugee camp, just please never stop smiling and laughing.

Thursday, 21 August 2014

Mimpi Bagiku

Aku bukan siapa-siapa jika ada yang bertanya siapa aku
Aku tidak punya apa-apa jika ada yang penasaran tentang kepunyaanku
Aku tidak tahu hendak kemana jika ada yang ingin tahu kemana aku ingin pergi
Aku tidak memiliki impian jika ada yang menanyakan apa yang kuinginkan di masa depan
Aku  hanya berjalan
Berlari jika aku harus
Berhenti disaat aku ingin
Terlelap disaat aku lelah
Aku iri melihat para pemimpi
Setidaknya mereka memilki kemampuan untuk itu
Satu kemampuan yang tidak kumiliki
Disaat aku mulai bermimpi, ketakutan yang tak jelas bentuknya datang dan membuat semua jadi gelap
Disaat aku mulai bermimpi, ejekan ejekan masa lalu berteriak-teriak di kepalaku
Disaat aku mulai bermimpi, tatapan tatapan sinis seakan tak berkedip memandangku
Mimpi menakutkan bagiku
Mimpi ada di lembah seberang yang tak dapat kucapai
Mimpi itu hantu