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Hadiah & Songsang

Hadiah

Anakku belum bisa berkata lagi,
putih hatinya putih wajah nabi;
senyum dan tangisnya adalah kata hati,
rekahan bunga di bawah sinar matahari pagi.

Kawan-kawan yang datang serta persembahan,
tanda selamat tanda khidmat
hari lahir yang selalu dimuliakan.

Ah, kenapa kaubawakan senapang,
kereta meriam dan kapal terbang perang,
-- meski sekadar barang mainan --
sebagai tanda mata hari lahir gemilang?

Betapakah kerelaan dari kebenaran
antara kehormatan dan keyakinan teguh,
sebab kau mengajar anak-anak membunuh?

Manakah milik dunia yang baik,
ah, berikan padanya, ia bisa senyum jua
meski sekadar sekerat pensel kayu cuma.

Anakku dan anak-anak semua
jangan dilukai hati mereka dengan senjata,
biar di wajah dan hatinya cinta berbunga,
dunia yang damai, hidp yang sejahtera!

Nota kaki: Sajak ini ditulis Almarhum Usman Awang, atau lebih dikenali Tongkat Warrant pada tahun 1960, bersempena hari lahir anaknya. Setakat ini sajak ini tidak ditemui dalam Internet.


Songsang

Maafkan aku
kalau aku sering saja
berlaku songsang

Terutama
di perayaan tahunan
seperti hari ini

Apabila semua orang
telah sedia duduk
aku bangun berdiri

Apabila orang
bangun bertepuk
aku duduk

Apabila orang
ghairah berbincang
aku tidur

Apabila orang
melepaskan merpati
aku menabur padi

Orang lain
telah merdeka
aku belum

Maafkan aku
kalau aku sering saja
berlaku songsang

Aku hanya
ingin
mengingatkan



Syukurlah.

Alhamdulillah.

Things so far goes well albeit my healthcheck isn't as good. Since the first day after the latest smokey KL, I started it off with some cough, then light flu, and so on and so forth. Cash payment from Him of what I did wrong I guess. There're lots of things which I did against my own conscience. Remorseful, yet... repeated.

Good things,
I know that many people do care about me. Some are really surprisingly suprising! :-P
I even got a request to stop taking cough syrup, to retain my current voice. Hahaha. That's a very amusing one, because I am not well. No more I am a "degil" person. I took medicines now, tho I still haven't go to any clinic yet. I hate queueing, waiting for my turn. Darn.

Ah... There's a research: Kids whom can succeed in a test of patience may have higher IQ... or should I say may succeed better in life. Gonna do the same test to my future kids. Heh.

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