If You Walk on a Street
Posted: February 28, 2014 Filed under: Candle of Words | Tags: poetry, puisi, riot, street Leave a comment
If you walk on a street that does not lead to an abyss,
say to the garbage collector, Thank you!
If you come back home alive, as rhyme returns,
unharmed, say to yourself, Thank you!
If you have expected something, and your guess has deceived you,
go tomorrow to see where you were, and say to the butterfly, Thank you!
If you have cried out with all your might, and the echo replied,
Who is there ? say to identity, Thank you!
If you have looked at a rose without it causing you pain,
and you have rejoiced in it, say to your heart , Thank you!
If you wake in the morning and find no one around you
to rub your eyelids, say to sight, Thank you!
If you remember a letter of your name and the name of your country,
be a good child!
So that the Lord will say to you, Thank you!
