HOPE FOR PEACE

 

This loneliness has no meaning

Enter into soul and languish

 

I do not know what will happen

Today, tomorrow and so on

I fell in loneliness and fear

 

Gunshots repeatedly occurred

Cries of children who lost their parents

All froze at heart

Has brought destruction

 

O God, in Your name

In this silence I prostrate

Expect Your hand stretched out

Touching all of us

 

Banda Aceh, Tuesday, June 15, 1999

A Poem was written when the Aceh conflict is at its peak. In every war that suffers most, the most miserable are weak and helpless.

Translate From: Harap Damai