Ocean of Words

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To A.A. Johanna

I have begun a long journey 

to the ocean of words, 

where from Monday to Sunday 

phrases come and go like boats.  

The sharp bends in the road 

are but a rainbow-like path 

leading to a broad-based world, 

where the mind is free from death. 

And in the ocean of words 

all languages are boats. 

If we want an easy sailing, 

never stop our boatbuilding! 

A poem by Yohanes Manhitu 

Yogyakarta, 16 May 2009