Seorang Pelangi
duduk disebelahku semalam,
...indah.
Ceria Kuning cahayanya
senyum tawa mengiringi bualnya
matanya Biru redup penuh kasih merenung kami,
penuh lembut Ungu menyelubungi wajah
penuh aman Indigo jiwanya ku sangka,
Hijau tenang bicaranya...
Riang Jingga teruja
atas kejayaan kami.
Tetapi tidak ku duga,
Tidak juga ku sangka
hujan...
...petir...
.......kilat....
Merah pelangi menduga jiwamu, Ibu..
Rupanya
Pelangi indah disebelahku
malam tadi
sedang tertanya tanya
dimanakah mentari
dalam hidupnya.
Ibu,
pernahkah engkau khianati
kebahagiaan yang diberi?
Sanggup engkau hidup sebagai Pelangi
sedangkan namamu Taufan?
Tapi aku tahu -
Kami semua tahu
Ibu berpura demi kami.
Found this piece of sajak that I wrote some years ago. Must've been very inspired to able to write in Malay! Dedicated to all Mothers out there who choose to suffer in silence, not because they are pathetically passive, but because they are self-sacrificing.
A tough one to digest here. I wonder how/why you come up with this sort of poem. I am sure a 'simple' mother cannot understand this. Anyway, I am glad you used this snapshot to grace your post!
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ahh...ask not what a poet means when she writes..better a brief poem than a lengthy novel! Told ya I've got loads of ideas to go with the photos. Say, email one of Juita cos I know just what to write.
ReplyDeleteYou're dead right! Ask not what a photographer is trying to show when he shoots!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou really want her photo? Sure, will send a few for you to choose from.
I saw the pix on your website but you may have others. I've got a poem in my head for her; not `Que Sera Sera'!Iman Imran have started Playschool now so I have a wee bit more time to myself.
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I'm flabbergasted. And flattered. But I still don't understand that bit about being a `landlord/lady'...never mind,Amin.
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