Puisi: Should We be Parted

Much.Khoiri

Should we be parted after two fingers have united in bloods,

So look into your deepest, flowery soul & conscious heart

Where roses we planted there have now been blossoming

And a heartfelt, true promise was once sculptured pink.

 Should we be parted after two minds have mingled,

Come to the heavenly Garden of Love we’ve down-settled

To see whether our butterflies still romantically dance;

Then you delightedly sit and rest on that brownish bench

To witness those canaries breathe high, up to the sky,

A moving packet of songs of truth, freedom and peace.

And, yet, should we be parted again sooner or later

In our old-and-new Rendezvous of Eternity right there

--No matter all angels or demons at last go jealous—

We’ll see Love is a true language to feel and share

And a leading pathway to start anew and refreshed.

Bumi Wiyata, Jakarta, 5  November 1998