Faruk *
(For every honest heart)
Walking in the long channel of Shijo subway in Kyoto
I found myself is like Ontorejo* from Javanese legend world
But I couldn’t emerge to the surface of the earth
While the channel seemed to be the road with no end
I suddenly saw people walking around me change
Their heart was like a lonely rock in the middle of silent sands
Their kimono were waving to me while they were flying
Then they quickly disappeared in the clouded end
I felt myself like a man being entrapped in a dark world
Kept on walking and climbing on the road with no end
I felt my hand warm but I found nothing in
Only the trace of a dream of touching one of them
*Seri lama puisi tentang Jepang The Untouchable World of Japan: Some Lyrical and and Reflective Poems
