Sejak Dikau Pergi….
kutak tahu apa yang salah dengan daku hari ini?
awan biru nan indah tampak abu-abu yang sangat jahat
dan halaman rumputku nan hijau penuh debu
kutak miliki lagi kasihy atau cinta
sejak dikau pergi
kutak suka kopi dan kutak suka teh pula
makan siang kutak hasrat, tenggorokanku sakit jerih
tiada dongeng, tiada prosa atau puisi
tak jalan2 pula ke padang rumput nan hijau
atau bermain ditempat teduh
sejak dikau pergi
hari-hari nampak malam panjang
malam tiada habis-habisnya
entah bagaimana kutak mampu menangani hidupku pula
kutak bisa tawa maupun senyum pula
sejak dikau pergi....
© Sylvia Frances Chan - Hak Cipta Dilindungi Undang-undang
Paramaribo 2007
PH Rabu 22 Juli 2020.
What is wrong with you today is unknown but still mind feels the nature in different way. Beautiful blue cloud looks evil grey. Green lawn is full of dust and no love is found. Today you do not like coffee or to or play under shed. This provokes thought. But we hope you will feel God's grace and find natural love within poetic mind. This poem is very brilliantly and excellently penned....10
" hari-hari nampak malam panjang malam tiada habis-habisnya..." RECITING this poem we feel the lament of love expressed in beautiful way in this interesting version.