Dirgahayu Indonesia - My Country, My Heart, My Life Poem by Eva Clara Harahap

Every time you had a birthday....

Something inside me wanted to say...

Oh Indonesia 'Happy Birthday! Long live the Country! '

Cant you see? we are all here, loving you all the way! ...

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So many times, you disrespect our love....

This country still have gigantic economic issues....

So many bad leaders, nasty politics...

Corruptions are like the air we breathe....

It is a tough fight to make everything works....

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How come you grow in us trust and hope? ...

Amongst all the misfortune that we have? ...

Amongst all the bitterness in our life? ....

Do you care for our tears? ....

Or you grow us into a nation of fear? .....

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Everyday we scream ourselves outloud....

People go on a strike for being heard....

Everybody needs the change so badly...

But the time is not so friendly, as it walks so slowly....

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Sometimes, upon wishing on a star, I wonder....

What made a country, a country? Is it the name? ...

Is it the comfort living people have? ....

Is it the people who leads? ...

Tell me, what made a country, a country? ....

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Then, what is a nation? Is it the people? ...

Is it the ridiculous policy? A non-sense rules? ....

Is it the 'dream catcher on paper' government? ....

Or the insecurity we had everytime we travel abroad? ...

Tell me, what is a nation? a printed passport with your nationality? ...

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For me, I am Indonesian, that's all I am....

We have a very long list of things to do for generations...

But It will take a long time to do major changes....

Because we are all human beings NOT human doings....

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By saying this, I am aware Good and Bad sit side by side....

A country is not a name, it is a feeling inside me...

An explosive feeling, Everytime I sing Indonesia Raya song....

Everytime we won a gold medal over Badminton game....

Everytime we score a goal from a kick of foreign football player...

Everytime I laugh over how we trick life to do us good things....

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For the nation, I am aware we cannot rely the changes on other people....

We must only rely upon our own selves to make the change....

A nation is the Great person inside all of us that is waiting for us to discover...

A spirit of 'working together' that no other nation have, but us....

A tremendeous energy to smile to a total stranger...

Even when we had so many bad things on our plate....

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Indonesia, with all the humanity differences, makes me so proud...

The adequate balance of living, working and praying...

Makes me more human that I ever thought I could be...

Indonesia teach me to see the world through my heart, not my mind....

And thats bring me closer to my truth beings, to live and to embraces...

Everything life could give me, either Good or Bad...

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Happy Birthday again Indonesia! Long Live the Country!

May our smiles proves how strong we are as a nation...!

Our laugh shows, we enjoy everything life could offer here...!

Our prayers declares, we always pray for the betterment of you...

Our courage shows, Freedom is the flexibility to follow our own heart...!

And May Indonesia always live in each heart of us, forever! ...

Regardless where we are in this universe...

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Copyright @ Eva Clara Harahap'August 2011.

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With So Much Love and Respect,

Eva Clara Harahap

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