A Journey

A Blue Star A blue star emerges in the west lighten the darkest night A heart lost in quest Losing the battle without fight The star's beam reflects on ice Shiny shines like a dime It seems like rolling a dice To melt the mountain of ice It seems impossible No one could be able To hole the mountain part To get into his heart Yet the ice only reflects the star The presence itself is very far Never I could catch the star Nor get into his heart If I am a lonesome little bird Try to get the star high I fly high away above the earth But I could only sigh The star is so far Yet the flying is a mar I only could sit on a bar Admiring the blue shiny star If he is a blue star I only see his remain Shining on blue icy mountain While his existence is very far

Rainbow Droplets  poured the earth, Sun shines through many facets, Biased the sun rays.

I did some reflection on things happened, especially about the politics, law and judgment in my country.  So, I wrote this poem "Justice" in the form of Haiku 5-7-5 syllables. It's about justice in 6 verses. Each verse has its haiku form of 5-7-5. Justice  "Make us prosperous" Justice sounds its voice on street Greed tainted good deed. "Rich, poor care I not" Justice brought her sword to judge Guilt was weighed fairly "Lay a solid rock" Justice steps on pedestal Peacefulness is goal "Fair is not enough" Justice spoke to her children Yet they ignored her. "Don't destroy the land" Justice's plea echoes loudly Yet they become deaf. "Losing eyes and sense" A nation will be blinded It silently sinks.

"Bangsa yang besar adalah bangsa yang menghormati jasa pahlawannya" - Soekarno's speech on November 10, 1961.  (The great nation is the nation that appreciates the heroes' dedication) How true is that statement! And how we tend to forget the history. Somehow, history has been the most boring subject for students. No wonder, that youngsters now start to lose their identity as Indonesians. Couple years ago, I taught history and ethic classes for grade 7. When I asked my students to recite ' Pancasila ' - Indonesia's National Ideology- they failed to do it! Only 2 students could recite it perfectly. When I asked them why couldn't they recite 'Pancasila', their first respond was.. Is it necessary to know 'Pancasila'? Sadly, they could recite the latest songs of Lady Gaga or Korean Girl/ Boy bands, but they failed to recite the national ideology because they thought that it's not important.  It is true that prefect recitat...