Saturday 18 June 2011

Jentayu

Antara Jentayu dan Garuda
tersimpan Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa
terlakar sejarah cinta Putera Maharaja Rom dan Puteri Maharaja China
menyentuh kekuatan Raja Sulaiman dalam agama
menjengah amanah Jentayu dan haloba Garuda

Abadi cinta dalam satu lagenda
cinta hamba kepada Allah
cinta sahabat kepada sahabat
cinta sang teruna kepada sidara
cinta Allah kepada makhlukNya

Satu hikayat
terbongkar berbagai hakikat
meluah seribu yang tersirat
yang benar sukar dipahat
yang jahat mendapat akibat

dalam bicara sastera
hanya dua yang utama
cinta dan kuasa
namun mereka alpa
hikayat menempa satu petanda
Allah maha kuasa dalam segala

Nukilan
Rosie Azali
16062011430

Thursday 16 June 2011

Dancing Raindrops

Raindrops
dancing on tin roof
making ting ting sounds
penetrating my ears
opening my eyes
from a noon nap

I see mother
a basin in one hand
another stretching out
feeling raindrops
coming down
on bamboo floor
of our little home

Looking up
finding holes on the tin roof
putting down the basin on the bamboo floor
for the coming down raindrops
from a leaking tin roof,
Mother sigh a relief

Looking back
Father was never home
out in the open field
in rain and shine
making holes in earth
growing corns and grains
for a new tin roof

by
Rosie Azali
160620111152