To a foreign place
I was sent to learn and venture
Fright and daze filled my days in this place
Wandering and praying to go back
Home, I miss my home
I’m Home, my prayers were heard
I’m back at last but not for long, I suggest
Happiness, joy, relief filled my days in my place
I’m home, I thought.
Until,
Something drowns, what is it?
My soul
A vast sea of emptiness drowns my soul
Should have stayed and prayed for nothing to happen
Now I regret what I said, I am caged
I wish to go back to that place
to where the fright and daze feed what my souls crave.
Author: Bayu Alexander
Editor: Alma Anindita
Illustrator: Gigih Satrio Baskoro