Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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

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