MOM'S CAKE

Mom's Cake

finding you prepared the cake ingredients
and materials of the mornings to twilights
nice smell surround
mom made it up silently
she's done them, by praying for her kids

rarely sisters helped stirring some eggs
spiltted flours also sugar,
it made our life brighter
these are, what a name of dynamic colors
smoothen by whispering wind blows

we've taken as long as alive
mixer soft voices
cake smelled well
knocking mom's blooming arms
spread them up on grasslands

heating an oven to run slow
waited tenderly up to a time
you could hand in hand
baked a cake by chocolate and fruits
mom's been picked in the patiently basket

it so brighten mornings up
let a dark still, to have eyes' light
let a dark still, to shake nicely
beating the dough: some sugar, butter
a beauty came in days until dissolved

spreading on a pan
baking and making it out of an oven
calmed on a plate, to be served gently
as our life in smooth and stoney sometimes
let us felt, smelt the dust around

a time came by, a gift-time of strong patiently mom
always wanted to give the best things
to make everybody smiled
even she's in arms of how
:you wait me by the cake, mom?

*****  Bandung, 12 November 2017

IBU di PANTAI

Ibu di Pantai

disuatu masa kanak kanak, ibu bawaku ke pantai
lengkung nyiur kekiri kekanan
alunan pagi, dikepak camar

ibu ajakku melangkah tapak setapak
pepasir kering membasah
ia asin akan tangis kerang, oleh rintik rumput laut,
sendu dari nitis sembab, selayak airmata kita,"

"jejakkan jarimu,"ucap ibu,
"menggunduk pepasir dari resah pengunjung,
beberapa beterbangan disauh angin,
banyak pula mengendap
memeluk kenangan,''

gundukan basah pasir bermain riak
"ia menimbun rindu," lirih ibu
sesekali pasang gelombang
lalu  tepian bibir membawa peluh,
adakalanya airmata tersedu ayun
meluap hingga tenang dihembus sejuk

"lihat kekotor ditumpukannya,
beberapa merepih ke tepian,
banyak juga menempuh pasang arus,"
tercenung aku menggenggam ibu
pepasir membawa kesabaran pagi
hembus angin, menerbang debu debu
melepas, layari semesta

*****  Bandung, 03 November 2017