Loop Poem by Ahmad Arli Hikmawan

Life is circling around
Spirits getting inbound
Ghosts lingering around
And path breaking down

When one path meets another
We will witness how they gather
What they do to each other
And how they respond to it later

A man help another
A woman heal her brother
A daughter loves her mother
A son play with his father

Helped man, will help another
Healed brother, will heal another
Loved mother, will love the others
Idol father, will guide the others

Thus the cycles continue
As we may have viewed
But there is no good deed
Goes unpunished

If ones heart is dark as charcoal
And its nature control it whole
The cycle will sink below
The goodness sure goes awol

The helped man, will hurt others
Healed brothers, will wound others
Loved mother, will hate others
Idol father, will delude others

Thus the cycles repeated
But not as we may have expected
If no good deed goes unpunished
How do we make evil vanished?

Pick the truth from the shuffle
We must see through the Devil
Everything happens for a reason
It's our duty to get it ridden

The Truth is a needle
Hidden among series of riddle
It can pierce through any disguise
Ignite every conscience to rise

If the Truth has been revealed
And the heart has been cleared
The Angels will guide our deal
And the cycles will turn for real

(Jakarta,14th August 2009)