Fri, 14 Jan 2005

My sympathy for Aceh

I wish to publish my poem, Tsunami. Unfortunately I have no other means whereby I can help my sisters and brothers, dead or alive, who suffered in the recent tsunami disaster in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province. Therefore my deepest sympathy can be best expressed through this poem from the heart.

'Tsunami'

The sun was shining, birds were singing, people were smiling, and children playing.

All of a sudden, the earth was shaking, folks were all trembling, the moment of the quake was haunting, and the dwellers were dispersing.

After all, it wasn't the ending, when the heavy water was flowing, leaving a scene of thousands dying, only God knows what's the meaning.

AULIA RACHMAT Jakarta